Gerald Weaver's Blog, page 2
July 31, 2016
July 21, 2016
Six Best . . .
Who are the six best fictional politicians?
An article, appearing in The Times (of London), by author of "The First First Gentleman." Political pundits, beware.
http://tinyurl.com/znkruhc
An article, appearing in The Times (of London), by author of "The First First Gentleman." Political pundits, beware.
http://tinyurl.com/znkruhc
June 23, 2016
The First First Gentleman, now available
Get the new novel by Gerald Weaver, The First First Gentleman, now available on Amazon (US) and Amazon (UK), for pre-order.
The original US copyright on the first manuscript is April 2014, so the novel is an accurate predictor of much of what is happening – not so much that there is a woman Presidential nominee for a major party. That could have been foreseen. But at the core, the novel is about how this female candidate violates the political orthodoxies to find a strong following because she is unafraid to say what she really thinks.
In fact, it does not to tell a story that corresponds with Secretary Clinton, but tells one that actually and accurately anticipated the appeal of Bernie Sanders, and perhaps Donald Trump.
The original US copyright on the first manuscript is April 2014, so the novel is an accurate predictor of much of what is happening – not so much that there is a woman Presidential nominee for a major party. That could have been foreseen. But at the core, the novel is about how this female candidate violates the political orthodoxies to find a strong following because she is unafraid to say what she really thinks.
In fact, it does not to tell a story that corresponds with Secretary Clinton, but tells one that actually and accurately anticipated the appeal of Bernie Sanders, and perhaps Donald Trump.
April 5, 2016
Literary Proficiency Contest:
ONLY for University Students in the United Kingdom, currently or recently enrolled in a course of Literature or English.
Literary Proficiency Contest: First prize is £400, second prize is £200, and third prize is £100.
ONLY for University Students in the United Kingdom, currently or recently enrolled in a course of Literature or English.
Go here: http://www.gospelprism.com/read-gospe...
Literary Proficiency Contest: First prize is £400, second prize is £200, and third prize is £100.
ONLY for University Students in the United Kingdom, currently or recently enrolled in a course of Literature or English.
Go here: http://www.gospelprism.com/read-gospe...
March 24, 2016
ON SALE 99p in UK
Gospel Prism is now on Amazon Kindle Spring Sale, in the UK, for 99p, through 25 April.
http://amzn.to/22xYojK
http://amzn.to/22xYojK
January 28, 2016
Sale, Mass Market Paperback
Today, 28 January, the mass market paperback or Gospel Prism is available on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. You may own this physical book now for a fraction of the price. Sixty-six (66) of the seventy-five reviews of it on Amazon.co.uk are five stars. It has two hundred and twenty-five ratings on Goodreads, averaging a 4.25. Find out what all the fuss is about, and at this price you can buy a few and give some to friends.
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November 12, 2015
Global eBook Sale!
Gospel Prism, the eBook version, is on sale, from now until 23 November, on all Amazon outlets worldwide. Only 99 cents (US), 99 pence (UK), 99 cents (EU), and what is the best bargain of all (due to exchange rates) 99 cents (Canada).
Get the US version here: http://www.amazon.com/…/B00TSITUBU/re...…
Get the UK version here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/…/B00TSIT…/re...…
Get the book that The Big Issue called "a rollicking good read," and that another editor called "a joyful romp," and that award-winning journalist, Marie Colvin, inspired and carried on her last journey. It is an authentic prison story of redemption through reading.
Get the US version here: http://www.amazon.com/…/B00TSITUBU/re...…
Get the UK version here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/…/B00TSIT…/re...…
Get the book that The Big Issue called "a rollicking good read," and that another editor called "a joyful romp," and that award-winning journalist, Marie Colvin, inspired and carried on her last journey. It is an authentic prison story of redemption through reading.
June 23, 2015
"Rollicking Good Read" - The Big Issue
The Big Issue magazine, editorial review
It’s fair to say one-time Capitol Hill chief of staff Gerald Weaver will not be accused of dumbing down on his fiction debut, the densely allegorical 'Gospel Prism'. The book’s preface, which begins ‘I did not write this book’, is a thinkpiece of the evolution not just of books in general but on the one you have in your hands, evolving as you read it. Each of its 12 chapters – stages in protagonist Christian’s holy quest, as bestowed upon him by the beautiful Messiah who visits him in jail – is inspired by a great name from the literary/philosophical canon (Shakespeare, Dante, Montaigne, Borges). You don’t have to get the allusions but it helps.
That said, I found this a rollicking good read. Weaver revels in his literary heroes but his palpable love of them is more puppyish than pretentious. His prose is sharp, cute, sometimes lyrical and surprisingly funny, usually when Christian’s evangelical mission clashes with the prosaic details that surround it. The Messiah is all the more persuasive because she is disguised as Halle Berry and lets the narrator smell his hair. Christian’s Proustian epiphany regarding the smell of gravel involves a childhood incident when he had his face ground into it, and bits stuck to his face. As intellectuals go, Weaver is definitely one of the fun, and possibly blasphemous, ones.
Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 22-28 June 2015
It’s fair to say one-time Capitol Hill chief of staff Gerald Weaver will not be accused of dumbing down on his fiction debut, the densely allegorical 'Gospel Prism'. The book’s preface, which begins ‘I did not write this book’, is a thinkpiece of the evolution not just of books in general but on the one you have in your hands, evolving as you read it. Each of its 12 chapters – stages in protagonist Christian’s holy quest, as bestowed upon him by the beautiful Messiah who visits him in jail – is inspired by a great name from the literary/philosophical canon (Shakespeare, Dante, Montaigne, Borges). You don’t have to get the allusions but it helps.
That said, I found this a rollicking good read. Weaver revels in his literary heroes but his palpable love of them is more puppyish than pretentious. His prose is sharp, cute, sometimes lyrical and surprisingly funny, usually when Christian’s evangelical mission clashes with the prosaic details that surround it. The Messiah is all the more persuasive because she is disguised as Halle Berry and lets the narrator smell his hair. Christian’s Proustian epiphany regarding the smell of gravel involves a childhood incident when he had his face ground into it, and bits stuck to his face. As intellectuals go, Weaver is definitely one of the fun, and possibly blasphemous, ones.
Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 22-28 June 2015
May 23, 2015
London Times Article
I am pleased and proud to report some coverage on my novel, Gospel Prism, just published in London two days ago. An article in the London Times today. Here is the link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/bo...
May 21, 2015
Publish date - today
Today is the day Gospel Prism is published in the United Kingdom. I understand an a feature article will appear in The Times of London on Saturday, the same day I will do my third BBC interview, (this one live). There are also supposed to be some reviews forthcoming. It is all pretty exciting, to the extent it is not nerve-wracking. Many thanks to all my friends who have supported me in this endeavor so far.
