AutoFlick: A Study of Whales and Cigarettes That Became a Novel - Couverture souple

Bancroft, John R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0997435003 ISBN 13 : 9780997435009

Editeur : Ecphora Press, 2016

Synopsis

“AutoFlick: A Study of Whales and Cigarettes That Became a Novel,” is a contemporary novel centered on the first-person narrative of a 16-year young man trying to come of age in the summer of 1968. Born into a secret sect of Moby Dick disciples, Isaac Yardley did not know what he was getting into when he and his father starting chasing after people who throw cigarettes from cars. He didn't know that it would lead to being tear-gassed in the war on poverty, to a bare-naked chase through the woods, to a Beatles debut in North America and to a meeting with canal people in a dusty café. And when he learned what it cost, he swore off the project. Until years later, when he dragged his own son into the whole sorry mess. The story features numerous historical anecdotes and descriptions of the 60-odd vehicles from which cigarettes are observed being flicked to the road.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Bancroft's first job after graduating from college was in a factory on the night shift. When it was his turn to goldbrick, he preferred to find a quiet corner to read a book. He chose his reading material on a cost-per-page basis. This is how he came to read "Moby Dick." A lot of years went by during he which was a business journalist specializing in the residential mortgage industry. Fortunately for the readers of "AutoFlick," none of this professional experience was applied to the novel. One day while riding with his children in his pick-up truck, Bancroft saw a man throw a cigarette from his car into the road. It took a while, but he eventually built "AutoFlick" on the dried bones of "Moby Dick" and this everyday experience.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ecphora Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0997435003
• ISBN 13: 9780997435009
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 332
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