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Sleepwalking in Paradise
by
Andrew O. Dugas (Goodreads Author)
NOW FORTHCOMING IN JANUARY 2014 FROM NUMINA PRESS
San Francisco in the 1990s. High tech startups, IPOs, stock option millionaires.
Once the cradle of the Beat Generation, the Haight Ashbury, the Aquarian Revolution, Gay Liberation, Bike Messenger Chic, San Francisco finds itself fighting for its own soul, a struggle reflected in the life of Tommy Delacroix, an alternative jo...more
San Francisco in the 1990s. High tech startups, IPOs, stock option millionaires.
Once the cradle of the Beat Generation, the Haight Ashbury, the Aquarian Revolution, Gay Liberation, Bike Messenger Chic, San Francisco finds itself fighting for its own soul, a struggle reflected in the life of Tommy Delacroix, an alternative jo...more
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Perishingly few American novels focus on the single most glaring aspect of contemporary American society: the appallingly large and ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots. Sleepwalking in Paradise bravely bucks the trend, delivering a suspenseful, well-written, and occasionally wry story with social inequality (and its odious effect on the human soul) at its very heart. Lovers of San Francisco and San Franciscans will appreciate that the city is deftly portrayed, from top to botto...more
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Cynicism struggles with faith in this story of public relations versus miracles, of the scheming brain versus the urgency of experiential shamanism. The quest of Tommy Delacroix to explain a random act of faith healing takes him from the streets to the boardrooms to the maternity wards of the San Francisco Bay Area, leading him to figure out what's really important in life, in a compelling tale of corporate intrigue and personal self-discovery.
Dec 06, 2011
Marty Beaudet
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
San Franciscans, humor fans, those who like quirky characters
Recommended to Marty by:
Matt Stewart
I'm sorry to finish this book, I was having such a good time reading it! It was an entertaining read with a clever premise, humorously told by a skilled writer. I particularly appreciated the San Francisco setting, as it was my home for 13 years, and I knew all the venues. In fact, the protagonist lived in my neighborhood, and much of the action took place in an office building in the Financial District, on the corner where I worked for 7 years. Even the time period corresponded to the time I li...more
This book SUCKS. I should know, since I wrote it. Sure, some people like it. Hell, some people LOVE it. But they're mostly people I know or have paid off or threatened with physical violence or worse.
You shouldn't listen to them. You shouldn't let other people's opinions sway you in either direction. How well can you trust these reviews -- yes, even this one -- anyway?
Have you ever picked up a book because a friend raved about it? And then you hated it? And the next time you saw that person, yo...more
You shouldn't listen to them. You shouldn't let other people's opinions sway you in either direction. How well can you trust these reviews -- yes, even this one -- anyway?
Have you ever picked up a book because a friend raved about it? And then you hated it? And the next time you saw that person, yo...more
Andy Dugas has concocted a mouthwatering San Francisco stew, mixing meaty local characters with flavorful dotcom insanity and spicing with a delicious dash of Bay Area magic. It's the Unofficial Meal of Paradise.
Sleepwalking in Paradise is redeeming and funny, pertinent and modern. It's a great ride through modern America with a spiritual twist that brings to mind Richard Bach at his Illusions-best.
There are innumerable good things to say about this novel. It operates on so many levels--magical-adventure, "San Francisco" novel (taking place in my old 'hood), exploration of big-city socio-politics, and then spiritual/personal evolution. And it achieves all these things in a thoroughly entertaining and page-turning way. There are very few books that I can say have permanently altered my day-to-day perceptions of the world, but this is one of them.
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Andrew Dugas's fiction and poetry have appeared in LITnIMAGE, Fiction 365, the SoMa Literary Review, Unlikely Stories 2.0, edifice WRECKED, Bound Off Books, Poems Niederngasse, and elsewhere.
A graduate of Ithaca College, he is also a two-year veteran of Cornell's Advanced Writing Workshop.
He is currently shopping around Sleepwalking in Paradise, a San Francisco novel about old money, the new ec...more
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A graduate of Ithaca College, he is also a two-year veteran of Cornell's Advanced Writing Workshop.
He is currently shopping around Sleepwalking in Paradise, a San Francisco novel about old money, the new ec...more
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