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Dead But Us: A Tom & Scott Mystery
By Mark Richard Zubro
This one is for you Ron.
Tom Mason, a former high school teacher, and his long-term lover, former baseball player Scott Carpenter, recently experienced the most difficult and stressful event that any couple can endure -- a wedding ceremony. Now the couple decides to leave town for a little rst, relaxation, and some much-needed time alone.
The privately held Aegean island of Korkasi seems perfectly suited to their needs for privacy and comfort. All that surrounds them are twenty-two villas with like-minded couples, palm trees, and the ocean breeze. But that tranquil seeting soon changes when a dangerous storm hits, cutting them off from all contact with the outside world. They're trapped on the island, and things take a startling turn for the worse when the current owner of the island is found murdered , his body lying on the floor of Tom and Scott's villa. Now, as the storm gains speed and ravishes the island, guests and employees are being picked off one by one by a person or persons unknown. Clutching to only each other, and with no hope of outside help, Tom and Scott must uncover the murderer and stop him before everybody -- including them -- is dead.
What Robert is Reading:
By Michael Parker
Some of our group members will remember reading Michael Parker's novel, Virginia Lovers last fall. His new book, If You Want Me to Stay, is the story of a young rural Carolina youth and his brief road trip to self. This character has been compared to Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield. An incredible and intense read, Parker reveals the stressful family life of Joel Dunn, Jr. as he and his brothers lock themselves in their father's truck as their father is now in one of his 'off' moments. Their mother and older sister have already abandoned the family home because they could no longer take it. Joel is left to care and tend his two younger brothers and cope with his father's mental illness. After warning younger brother Carter not to get out of the truck, the two brothers watch Carter get his much beloved long blond curly hair and an earlobe sliced off by their father. In a panic, Joel starts up the truck and drives away -- to find help and to find the lost members of his family.
Michael Parker's use of southern rural vernacular is well used in this short but incredibly rich novel. Parker takes the reader into Joel's mind to see his dream life as his two day flight presents a cold reality. A remarkable reading experience.
What Robert is Reading:
The Commitment:
love, sex, marriage, and my family
By Dan Savage
Dan Savage's biting, ribald humor is delightfully evident is his latest book, The Commitment: love, sex, marriage, and my family. I found myself laughing out loud the morning I was finishing the last hundred pages as Savage went into the details of the setting and preparation of his not-a-commitment-ceremony-or-gay-marriage anniversary celebration of his relationship with his long-term companion. We also get further experiences with Dan's son; of particular delight is how their son learns the f-word and its appropriate usage.
Great great fun and a great look at the changing face and landscape of today's American family.
Autographed copies of The Commitment are available at Olsson's Books
& Records at the Lansburgh in the Penn Quarter, 418 7th St., NW
Washington, DC
between D & E Streets from his appearance in the fall of 2005.
Other Books of Interest:
Brokeback
Mountain: From Story to Script
Story by Annie Proulx
Screenply by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film.
Book Information
Coming Soon
Tight
By Patrick Sanchez
Patrick Sanchez will be appearing at the
Olsson's Books & Records on 7th Street NW in the Penn Quarter in February
2006
Tight
To Kamille Cooper, there’s no problem that a little nip-and-tuck can’t fix. She should know. The successful sister has done everything from lipo to a lip job, a tummy tuck to an eye lift. And that’s just for starters. To everyone else, Kamille seems like a thriving go-getter. But under the skin, Kamille’s so insecure she’d Botox her elbows to get rid of the creases, and her latest obsession may just be her last…
Nora Perez has always been a party girl, enjoying her life of late-night club-hopping, man-juggling, and just being fabulous. But now, as her fortieth birthday approaches, the men have started looking past her. Oh no—that is so not happening to the hottest Latina in Washington, D.C.! Nora’s booking her appointment for face-lift today, and in three weeks, no one will be able to tell she isn’t still a fine young thang…
Brenda Harrison has never been concerned about the effects time and motherhood have wreaked on her middle-aged body. She’s been too busy working full-time, playing mother hen to her friends, and worrying about her sixteen-year-old daughter’s interest in Xena, Warrior Princess. But now her husband has been coming home very late, and Brenda’s having second thoughts about growing old gracefully…
Now, three women are about to take a wild ride through plastic surgery seminars, lunchtime Botox injections, Beyonce-butt fantasies, mid-life changes, and the endless quest for physical perfection…because beauty may be skin deep, but some changes go right to the heart and nothing holds up better than real friendship.