The End-No it isnt!During the fall of 1969 Daniel Dyer stands alone at a still point between the disappointments ofhis childhood and an incredibly uncertain future. He is a boy from Yorkshire, living in Americawho has been abandoned by his father and then his mother and has signed up to fi ght with theUS army in Vietnam. The Far Out Cafe is full of characters and events: a blues singer, a Cubancalled Guerrero and another called Compay, with his head full of conspiracy theories, Birdmen,a chapel dating back to the 2nd century, an isolated island, a pack of marauding sharks; one ofmythical proportions, a psychotic Soviet called the Generali, a barbaric guard called Rusanov andhis syphilitic assistant, Yefrem.This is not merely a story about the atrocities of war. Its a story about who Daniel meets when hehas been left for dead; a boy called Angel and a girl called Beth. Its about the way we live our livesand what happens when we place our Faith in God when things go horribly wrong. Its a savageyet tenderly lyrical story about an unforgiving time and indestructible love.I sat down, cleared my mind, and The Far Out Caf blew it apart. Its a really great story andits told in such a surreal way, it messes with your head so much, delightfully so, but what reallycaught me is the sense of magic and mysticism that is woven into the story. A huge story that hasroots in an even greater and deeper meaning. The spiritual clashed against the brutality of men isincredibly powerful. Good to fi nally be challenged by a modern book that gives the mind a greatworkout. In fi lm terms, very Stanley Kubrick- David Popescu - Hooligan Filmworks, Canada
