Desperation is apparently an odd and twisted town in Nevada that you should avoid visiting. wink I'm only 100 pages in, but it's covering the separate stories of a couple, a family, and a writer on their respective journeys (traveling U.S. 50 - "The Loneliest Highway in America"), and how they are each troubled by a weird cop who's acting as the only form of law in the area. I'm really liking it so far!