Bøger af Herb Guggenheim

Professor Harold Berwyn has just been brutally murdered but graduate creative writing student Skip Gershwin is too self-absorbed to care. His chief preoccupations are finding a girlfriend and becoming a famous American poet. When he meets Gudrun Frege, a brilliant Austrian au pair, it appears that his girlfriend problems are over. But he is soon lured into a torrid love affair by ultra-seductive art student Lana Fish. As Skip's romantic entanglements spiral out of control, the criminal investigation into Berwyn's murder turns white hot. When federal agents knock on his door, Skip discovers that he himself is the number one suspect. Tagline: A TAWDRY TALE OF LOVE, LUST AND MURDER! Author HERB GUGGENHEIM is intimately acquainted with the sleazy back alleys of the poetry underworld. His two previous books are SUNSET AT THE HOTEL MIRA MAR and STRANGE ENCOUNTER AT THE SHAKESPEARE MOTEL. He wrote VIOLATIONS OF CAUSALITY at an all-night diner in Rockville, Maryland. What readers are saying: "I started reading this book, taking it as a straight forward mystery with a little romance--but I soon discovered it was so much more. This is a witty, thoughtfully written satire. I found myself laughing out loud at the outrageousness of some of the characters. (Won't spoil the fun by saying who.) The story succeeds on multiple levels, entertaining while imparting a little wisdom now and again. Love the academic world setting. I'll be looking for more from this author." --Kathryn Johnson, author of The Gentleman Poet "Violations of Causality is a madcap romantic comedy masquerading as a mystery/suspense novel, with healthy doses of science fiction tossed in for good measure. Skip Gershwin is a complex figure, at times devious, at times haplessly naive, groping his way through academia. Along the way he encounters a bizarre cast of characters, becoming ever more deeply entangled in a web of synchronicity. The end is sweetly satisfying. You should read this book. You will be glad you did." --Luther Jett, author of Not Quite: Poems in Search of My Father

Professor Harold Berwyn has just been brutally murdered but graduate creative writing student Skip Gershwin is too self-absorbed to care. His chief preoccupations are finding a girlfriend and becoming a famous American poet. When he meets Gudrun Frege, a brilliant Austrian au pair, it appears that his girlfriend problems are over. But he is soon lured into a torrid love affair by ultra-seductive art student Lana Fish. As Skip's romantic entanglements spiral out of control, the criminal investigation into Berwyn's murder turns white hot. When federal agents knock on his door, Skip discovers that he himself is the number one suspect.

WHO IS PETE SUSSMAN?Pete Sussman is HAUNTED by strange dreams, FIXATED on relationships that have slipped through his fingers, and OBSESSED by the finality of death. On top of it all, he's just quit his job and needs to go into the hospital for surgery. How's he going to manage without CRACKING UP?Maybe his coworker Lisa-a.k.a. "the Countess Lisa"-will help him...Or will she just reject him like so many others in his TUMULTUOUS life?THE WOMENthe SEDUCTIVE classmate!the SULTRY professor!the calculating MISTRESS!What part do they play in the life of a manTORTURED by the nature of consciousnessand TORMENTED by the reality of a world gone completely INSANE?Can they help him understand the weird dreams he keeps having about the New York World's Fair--or at least make sure he's safely under the covers before his SLEEPING PILLS kick in?This eclectic collection of poems (some in fixed forms, some in free verse) is the sometimes funny, sometimes SHOCKING tale of a man preoccupied by the EDGES OF LANGUAGE and the END OF MEMORY.Writer Herb Guggenheim doesn't let up. He'll wring every last drop of emotion out of you then go for more. The Further Adventures of Pete Sussman is a real gut punch of a read-a searing examination of the realities of modern life-a book you'll be talking about for years to come!YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN!