Fever Chart by Bill Cotter

Fever Chart by Bill Cotter

Having spent most of his life medicated, electroshocked, and institutionalized, Jerome Coe finds himself homeless on the coldest night of the century ? and so, with nowhere else to go, he accepts a ride out of New England from an old love's ex-girlfriend. It doesn't quite work out, but he makes it to New Orleans, and a new life ? complete with a bandaged hand, world-champion grilled-cheese sandwiches, and only the occasional psychotic break. Things get better, and then, of course, they get worse. From a writer who's worked as a debt collector, book restorer, toilet scrubber, and door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salesman, Fever Chart is filled with a cast of Crescent City denizens that makes for one of the most vivid ensembles since Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces.

Bill Cotter has attended numerous international exhibitions and is a long-time world's-fair fan. He is the author of eight previous books for Arcadia on fairs, as well as a frequent contributor to other books, magazines, and documentaries on the subject. He has also given numerous talks on the subject. His photographs have been featured in a number of museum shows, and he runs two prominent websites dedicated to the study and appreciation of fairs.