Divine Right's Trip
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| Divine Right's Trip | |
 First edition cover |
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| Author | Gurney Norman |
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| Cover artist | Laura Lee Cundiff |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Dial Press |
| Publication date | 1972 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 311 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-917788-42-7 (paperback edition) |
Divine Right's Trip is a novel by Gurney Norman set in the 1960s which chronicles the awakening of the hippie stoner Divine Right (Davenport) as he travels with his patient and introspective VW Bus, Urge. It was originally printed in installments as an adjunct in The Last Whole Earth Catalog. Initially he travels with his 'lady' Estelle and they meet up with characters such as 'The Lone Outdoorsman' (a curiously warm hearted right-wing reactionary character) and 'The Greek'. Eventually Divine Right finds himself travelling alone back to his Appalachian roots. Norman also wrote the short story collection Kinfolk: The Wilgus Stories (1977). Both the novel and the short stories share an Appalachian background.
