Written with a bawdy gusto, 'The Slapping Man' is a unique and darkly funny story which manages to continually entertain and shock. In the tradition of the best-selling 'The Breadmaker's Carnival'. 'The Slapping Man is a hilarious, poignant tale of a world turned inside out.
Welcome to Salvation, a ribald town where nothing is sacred - except perhaps the beer, the sex and the fishing. A town so haunted by its past it can only function in the present. No wonder the locals call this place Ruination.
The people are ready for a saviour and when Ernie, The Slapping Man, enters their lives he beguiles them with a most unusual patter: "Don't be sad, no need to frown, The Slapping Man has come to town. Feel your life's a horrid trap? Just step up and take a slap!"
The odd thing is that it seems to work - a single slap and they glow with joy. Is it true? Does Ernie's jaw really have magical properties?
Suddenly the people of Salvation are caught up in a strange mania: the pure addiction to the pleasure of letting fly at The Slapping Man. Rejuvenation is theirs as Ernie becomes Salvation's salvation.
There's just one problem - Slapping Men don't last forever . . .
