"A Huck Finn for our environmentally damaged age, lost on a river, and moving downstream with humane monsters and monstrous humans."
-Marlon James, Man Booker Prize-winning author
Two fourteen-year-old runaways hell-bent on reaching California end up aboard the
Tamzene, a mysterious riverboat that runs on alternative fuel. Piloted by the enigmatic Dr. Seabrook, the
Tamzene travels the waterways of a bizarre, fun-house image of the US. This is a satire that questions the sanity of our basic principles, as
Gulliver's Travelsdid for eighteenth-century England.
"This eye-popping page turner hits on all levels and will keep you up way past your bedtime... A coming of age thriller with imagination, guts, and soul." -
EcoLit Books
"Two fourteen-year-old boys embark on a cross-country boat trip that becomes a romp through social anthropology in this hilarious, picaresque novel...
We Are All Crewis a coming-of-age story for the boys, but perhaps, if we can channel Landauer's camouflaged optimism and his biting humor, for America as well." -Tim McLoughlin, author of
Heart of the Old Country
"Taking on serious subjects-environment, deforestation, global warming, and partisan hypocrisy-while addressing the various social networks, apps, video games, and rock-star super-shows, is a lot to handle. But Bill Landauer rises to the task to create a wonderful read. Just sit back and enjoy." -Rashidah Ismaili, author of
Autobiography of the Lower East Side
