This first in a four book series, Joy Boy's Chasm initiates an uproarious quest for love, reason and stamina in a world where commitment, conviction and meaning are stomped upon by, and in rhythm with, the metronomic sound bite sirens. Joy Boy is puzzled by the mysterious nature of women This, coupled with what seems to be a life slated for nothingness, has him reeling. His consequent search for Dude, and all that he must know, begins a zany quest for something, anything, with more meaning and staying power than the 18-word sitcom descriptions he writes for his job at the TV Talon Times. So begins a hilarious series of events filled with a wildly diverse array of impassioned, lonely and restless searchers, culminating in an explosion of pastoral bliss.