In his second novel, the author of the famous “Kakshi” resurrects the beatnik legends of the 60s. Following the mysterious and charming George Gustin, we rush across America in a stolen 59 Cadillac, intended for a symbolic sacrifice at the grave of the Big Bopper, the star of rock and roll. Drugs, sex, as well as crazy revelations and insights into life on the highway are included. Dodge's imagination, piercing detail and unique style, thickly mixed with the “good old” rock and roll, draw the reader wholeheartedly into an absurd plot full of beautiful madness.

Jim Dodge wrote little, but in books him, and especially in “Don't Slow Down” - that freedom and that rebellious romance of the mid-20th century that will attract readers forever, as, probably, all the literary universes in which we sooner or later settle. Max Nemtsov, translator, editor, coordinator of the literary portal “Language Shop”