“The real miracles aren't always so obvious.”
— Our Lady of the LowridersFour comic novels populated by dreamers, misfits, believers, schemers and people who have made the questionable decision to keep going. Lambeth's fiction ranges from L.A. Catholic suburbia to Idaho timber country and the Northwest wilderness.
Two best friends grow up Catholic in L.A. suburbia while navigating visions, girls, psycho nuns and what may or may not be divine intervention.
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An eleven-year-old history obsessive, his mother, his long-absent father and the ghosts of the Donner Party collide in a dying Idaho timber town.
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Jimmy Biffman's life has cratered. Then his friend Erica proposes a scheme to recapture their lost youth—and they discover they're wildly out of their depth.
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A young couple moves to the Northwest to raise emus. Then environmental radicalism, tree-sitting and an eco-warrior put their marriage—and their plans—in jeopardy.
Buy on Amazon ↗ Find editions ↗Doug Lambeth writes comic fiction about ordinary people whose lives become considerably less ordinary than they intended. His novels mix broad humor with affection for damaged characters, family history, friendship, belief, and the places where American dreams get slightly bent out of shape.
His four novels are Our Lady of the Lowriders, Itchy Donner, Runaways, and Rainbow Gliding Hawk and the Last Stand of the Patriarch.
Bad Blood is an unproduced screenplay adaptation based on the book Bad Blood: A Murder in Marin County.
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A few words from readers and the literary record.
“Lambeth is the J.D. Salinger of Southern California and the Phillip Roth of Catholicism, but with his own unique passion and wit.”Amazon reader on Our Lady of the Lowriders
“Bliss! That suffusion of pure fiction pleasure -- warm and tingly, wistful and unspeakably delicious -- recognizable to any reader who has come to the end of a good book. Try 'Our Lady of the Lowriders' on for size...”Amazon reader on Our Lady of the Lowriders
"Our Lady of the Lowriders" and "Runaways" are featured selections in the Library Journal/Biblioboard Indie Author Select Collection.Ebooks Available in libraries worldwide