Ben Flesh is one of the men "who made America look like America, who made America famous." He collects franchises, traveling from state to state, acquiring the brand-name establishments that shape the American landscape. But both the nation and Ben are running out of energy. As blackouts roll through the West, Ben struggles with the onset of multiple sclerosis, and the growing realization that his lifetime quest to buy a name for himself has ultimately failed.
- ISBN10 0374158339
- ISBN13 9780374158330
- Publish Date 1 December 1976
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar Straus Giroux
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 341
- Language English