'One dizzying vortex, combining colonial history, generational delusions and psychedelic drug trips. . . . An eerily familiar vision of American madness and decay.' --The New York Times Book Review From award-winning novelist Betina Gonz lez, American Delirium is a dizzying, luminous English-language debut about a town overrun by a mysterious hallucinogen and the collision of three unexpected characters' lives through the mayhem. First, in a small Midwestern city, the deer population starts attacking people. So Beryl, a feisty senior with a troubled past, decides to take matters into her own hands, training a squad of fellow retirees to hunt the animals down and reclaim their own vitality. At the same time, a group of protesters decides to abandon the 'system' and live in the woods, leaving their children and all responsibility behind. Berenice never thought her mother would join the 'dropouts,' but she's been gone for several days, and the only clue to what might have happened to her