Bøger af Gary Floyd

While plotting his strategic escape from Brooklyn, a New York Jew considers his highly comical upbringing.Armed only with a beguiling sense of humor, a love for music, and a steadfast dedication to self-metamorphosis, how does a lower middle-class New York Jew rise above his humble and often turbulent urban beginnings?I found your story a pleasurable and interesting read. It brought to mind the narrative in "A Christmas Story," introspective in an innocent and honest way, yet humorous and relatable. -Jennifer Ricci, fellow book club memberI can't help reading it with your voice and mannerisms in my head... Your humor comes through loud and clear.-Martin Hamilton, fellow book club memberYou got your point across about the power of humor and how essential it is for navigating through life's challenges.-Mitch Stevens, brotherYour book made me laugh out loud at times.-Barbara McMichael, friend and long-time Seattle Times book reviewer

Liberté is the little book with big ideas. A novella of loosely connected flash fiction (1000 words or less), interspersed with prose poetry as well as inserts from the early 20th century. in a mosaic of turbulence.Book trailer: https: //youtu.be/8PlREy4MyE01990: Optimism. The cold war ends. The Berlin Wall falls. The European Union forms. For those in their twenties, a better world appears possible, if not probable. A new and better international future...2020: The world spins out of control. Long-distance, computerized wars. Riots erupt around the globe. New voices are stifled. Heads of state, along with their militarized police, cling to power by suppressing their citizenry. Orwellian algorithms determine which media story is worthy. A depression-era ethos bubbles up. A society primed for pandemic refuses to see the destruction of its planet. It's beyond one person's control but a solution that requires collective action. It's not me but us.A dizzying array of voices and outlooks: * A twenty-something male backpacking through Europe*The wife of a union leader forced to take on larger roles*A Community activist learning the ropes of the Washington D.C. swamp*A Latin American activist turned politician* An independent journalist trying to navigate the worlds of Youtube and Twitter* A birds-eye view of protest movements around the globe."Floyd avoids prescriptive answers; he is content to bring his insight to bear on current events, and then to let the reader draw his own conclusions."