The Empyrean Tango: A Collection of Intertwined Short Stories - Couverture souple

Mix, Will

 
9780595316519: The Empyrean Tango: A Collection of Intertwined Short Stories
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ISBN 10 : 0595316514 ISBN 13 : 9780595316519
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

One: Moon and Starlets-Liam and Violet are lovers who contend with emotional strife. As a psychologist, Violet instills a sense of right and wrong while Liam, reminded of the deaths of his father and brother, toils over his sister's near fatal drug overdose.Two: Rhapsody Gasping-Riley has just returned from a transcontinental trek. After a soul-searching year he rediscovers Erin at a party. Will their reunion revitalize the stingless beehive in their hearts now that he is a rewritten man? Three: Every Day is Saturday-Elvis, an independently wealthy man unusually alone with his incisive thoughts, mulls over his solitary life. Due to his slack schedule every day is Saturday.Four: Car Accident Curiosity-Tim Huxley gets bizarre yet amusing phone calls. After an absurd amount of fervent pleading he finally chooses to meet the voice on the other end of the line.Five: Dylan Likes to Fish-Dylan, a bartender in a Chicago Pub, likes to fish for women. A knock on his door one morning may help him to see his way.Six: Orange Juice-Tanner, a hitchhiker beaten and stranded in the Mojave, finds a ride with a philosophical loon who has a photographic memory and who talks out loud to no one in particular. A former mishap with LSD has also caused the driver to view himself as a glass of orange juice that is about to spill.Seven: Here Comes Trouble-The climax to these intertwined short stories, a disturbing secret is revealed.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

One: Moon and Starlets-Liam and Violet are lovers who contend with emotional strife. As a psychologist, Violet instills a sense of right and wrong while Liam, reminded of the deaths of his father and brother, toils over his sister's near fatal drug overdose.Two: Rhapsody Gasping-Riley has just returned from a transcontinental trek. After a soul-searching year he rediscovers Erin at a party. Will their reunion revitalize the stingless beehive in their hearts now that he is a rewritten man? Three: Every Day is Saturday-Elvis, an independently wealthy man unusually alone with his incisive thoughts, mulls over his solitary life. Due to his slack schedule every day is Saturday.Four: Car Accident Curiosity-Tim Huxley gets bizarre yet amusing phone calls. After an absurd amount of fervent pleading he finally chooses to meet the voice on the other end of the line.Five: Dylan Likes to Fish-Dylan, a bartender in a Chicago Pub, likes to fish for women. A knock on his door one morning may help him to see his way.Six: Orange Juice-Tanner, a hitchhiker beaten and stranded in the Mojave, finds a ride with a philosophical loon who has a photographic memory and who talks out loud to no one in particular. A former mishap with LSD has also caused the driver to view himself as a glass of orange juice that is about to spill.Seven: Here Comes Trouble-The climax to these intertwined short stories, a disturbing secret is revealed.

Biographie de l'auteur

Will Mix lives and writes in New England.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595316514
ISBN 13 
9780595316519
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
206
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0595663559 ISBN 13 :  9780595663552
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004
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