How much do I need to pay for a copy ?
On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Lawrence tries to imagine what my so-called novel might be like. I'm
responding in hope of dispelling any anxieties he might harbor for the
future of American literature. The working title of my masterpiece is
Rival Revivals. The main protagonist, Gordon Golightly is a forty-five
year old ordained Catholic priest who has abandoned the priesthood in
search of some meaningful pursuit. When we meet him he is working as the
night dish washer at the All American Bar and Grill (known affectionately
by it's patrons as the AA). Sharing Gordon's apartment is Jolene Burns
whom Gordon rescued from living out of her car and offered to let her stay
in his apartment while she gets back on her feet -- a no-strings-attached
offer even though Gordon is still virginal but not wanting to be -- still
he was a man of principle. He does not go where he's not invited. Jolene,
we learn, had put her husband through Law School only to have him leave her
for a bevy of secretaries once he had hooked up with a prestigious law firm
and started bringing in good money. Jolene had been raised to believe that
she was descended from a long line of Southern aristocrats (her mother's
illusion -- one not so unusual in the South ) and is thereby burdened with
the expectation that she behave aristocratically. Jolene's life is in free
fall when Gordon discovers her sleeping in her car in the apartment
building's parking lot. The AA, where Gordon works, is a working class
restaurant-bar in Overland Circle. The Circle, which was once the Memphis
city limits where the trolley cars turned around, was now a popular
entertainment area with several restaurants, bars, theaters, specialty
shops, etc. One of the most popular clubs for twenty-somethings was Boss
Crump's Barrelhouse, a live music dance club -- their parking lot was
gleaned every morning by Dancing Jimmy in his search for dropped coins,
bills, or whatever. Dancing Jimmy was more or less the mascot of Overland
Circle until he found something that changed history. That, my friends is
faint glimpse at the setting. The action? Well, there's murder and
mayhem, there's theft, there's betrayal, there's love, there's fucking,
there's dancing, as well there's the street closing as two simultaneous
outdoor religious revivals battle for territory in Overland Circle.
There's the arrest of Gordon Golightly for the murder of Maxine and other
unexpected developments. It's a hoot and deadly serious too. You'll
either love it or hate it.
