Hocus Pocus Or, What's The Hurry, Son?

It is the year 2001, and Eugene Dabbs Hartke, suffering from TB, is recording his disastrous life on scraps of paper while awaiting trial for a crime he hasn't ... » 

It is the year 2001, and Eugene Dabbs Hartke, suffering from TB, is recording his disastrous life on scraps of paper while awaiting trial for a crime he hasn't committed. This humorous novel is set in a Japanese-owned America, where everything is run for profit. By the author of Slaughterhouse 5. «