Download or read book American Desert written by Percival L. Everett and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodore Street is driving toward the ocean, where he plans to walk into the waves and drown himself, but on his way there is killed in a head-on collision. Three days later, at his funeral, he sits up in his coffin, apparently resurrected. The mourners are horrified, and the story makes headlines around the world.