R Jay Stewart

The Big Fadeout R Jay Stewart

Clyde is not a sympathetic figure. Let's just get that out of the way. If you think you are going to identify with him, get help... seriously... The Big Fadeout is the story of Clyde Barrow [not his real name]; a philander and self-professed misery addict, who one day snaps and brings his whole world crashing down. Sent through the prison and the mental health system, he eventually is sent to a private "wellness center". At the wellness center he meets Bonnie [not her real name], she is assigned as his mentor. Bonnie is in a wheelchair. She is confined for killing her husband and slashing her husband's lover in an attack that left her paralyzed after she went for a ride on the hood of her husband's lover's car. Bonnie and Clyde instantly bond. Clyde, already planning his escape; now vows to himself that he will return for her...