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Lyke, Jim

 
9780595174591: Five Trips To The Edge
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595174590 ISBN 13 : 9780595174591
Editeur : iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

A man who falls in love with a woman he passes on the highway during his daily commute. An amusement park attraction that comes to life. A young biracial man forced to choose sides when a not-so-United States erupts in racial civil war. A love affair between the ghost of a dead woman and the new owner of the house she haunts. And a down-on-his-luck salesman who embarks on a crusade of revenge against everyone he believes has wronged him. This is what you will find among the five short stories that make up Five Trips To The Edge. In Segregation Anxiety, Jordan Jefferson finds himself literally caught in the middle when racial tensions spiral out of control in the USA of the future. In Presidents Day, Geoff Underwood gets more than he bargained for when he visits Disney Worlds Hall of Presidents. Dave Franken decides in The Big Hate that if you cant join em, beat em. And in both Stans Not My Name and Mirror Image, men and women fall in love under extremely unusual circumstances.Quirky, funny, thought-provoking, and even shocking, buckle your seat belt and drive the twisted roads in Five Trips To The Edge.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A man who falls in love with a woman he passes on the highway during his daily commute. An amusement park attraction that comes to life. A young biracial man forced to choose sides when a not-so-United States erupts in racial civil war. A love affair between the ghost of a dead woman and the new owner of the house she haunts. And a down-on-his-luck salesman who embarks on a crusade of revenge against everyone he believes has wronged him. This is what you will find among the five short stories that make up Five Trips To The Edge. In Segregation Anxiety, Jordan Jefferson finds himself literally caught in the middle when racial tensions spiral out of control in the USA of the future. In Presidents Day, Geoff Underwood gets more than he bargained for when he visits Disney Worlds Hall of Presidents. Dave Franken decides in The Big Hate that if you cant join em, beat em. And in both Stans Not My Name and Mirror Image, men and women fall in love under extremely unusual circumstances.Quirky, funny, thought-provoking, and even shocking, buckle your seat belt and drive the twisted roads in Five Trips To The Edge.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jim Lyke lives in a drafty old house in Milton, Wisconsin with his wonderful and extremely tolerant wife Linda, and their two children, Corinne and Rob. This is his first published work of fiction.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595174590
ISBN 13 
9780595174591
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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