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Huntington Pass
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By Victor Smith
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December 31, 1969 |
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Kindle Edition
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Pages:
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280
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Buck Avery is a young man with big ideas and a rather interesting image of himself. He is a skier and unicycle enthusiast ? ?maybe the best there ever was?, in his humble estimation ? and an aspiring novelist who uses the backs of stall doors in the town?s men?s rooms as his chosen method of publication. He has moved to the little Catskill Mountain ski town of Huntington where he spends all his remaining money on a season?s pass, leaving him homeless and hungry. This would be an overwhelming predicament for anyone but Buck, who finds this the most wonderful and promising situation he has ever been in. Through his habit of florid and extraordinary tall tales - which are ridiculed relentlessly by his dead mother?s voice inside his head ? he finds a ?job? in a little diner which provides him with a bartered breakfast each morning, and a lift attendant friend who provides him with whiskey and the shelter of his tiny T-bar shack to serve as an ?apartment?.
Buck falls in love with two women ? one a hooker, the other a foul-mouthed waitress ? but cannot manage to connect with either one. He is proud of the progress he is making on his serialized ?novel?, but finds that his method of publication makes it difficult to share with the two most important people in his life. Although he has several run-ins with the local constable, who thinks Buck is seriously deranged, all-in-all, Buck thinks his current situation is ?the best there ever was? in his entire life.
When his hooker ?girlfriend? dies in a drunken fall (jump??) from a bridge on New Year?s Eve, Buck?s life takes a hard turn into depression and a twisted pondering of life and death. This leads him to steal her cremains from the local funeral home and vow to never leave her alone again. One thing leading to another, he begins talking to the can that he carries with him, and eventually the hooker?s voice begins talking back to him, admonishing his many strange behaviors while providing guidance on his novel. This allows Buck to crawl his way out of his depression and into a blossoming of the true love that had always eluded him.
This hilarious novel is full of dark humor, political incorrectness, and delusion - delving into the deepest issues of life, love, and death which focus our existence and plague us all.
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Buck Avery is a young man with big ideas and a rather interesting image of himself. He is a skier and unicycle enthusiast ? ?maybe the best there ever was?, in his humble estimation ? and an aspiring novelist who uses the backs of stall doors in the town?s men?s rooms as his chosen method of publication. He has moved to the little Catskill Mountain ski town of Huntington where he spends all his remaining money on a season?s pass, leaving him homeless and hungry. This would be an overwhelming predicament for anyone but Buck, who finds this the most wonderful and promising situation he has ever been in. Through his habit of florid and extraordinary tall tales - which are ridiculed relentlessly by his dead mother?s voice inside his head ? he finds a ?job? in a little diner which provides him with a bartered breakfast each morning, and a lift attendant friend who provides him with whiskey and the shelter of his tiny T-bar shack to serve as an ?apartment?.
Buck falls in love with two women ? one a hooker, the other a foul-mouthed waitress ? but cannot manage to connect with either one. He is proud of the progress he is making on his serialized ?novel?, but finds that his method of publication makes it difficult to share with the two most important people in his life. Although he has several run-ins with the local constable, who thinks Buck is seriously deranged, all-in-all, Buck thinks his current situation is ?the best there ever was? in his entire life.
When his hooker ?girlfriend? dies in a drunken fall (jump??) from a bridge on New Year?s Eve, Buck?s life takes a hard turn into depression and a twisted pondering of life and death. This leads him to steal her cremains from the local funeral home and vow to never leave her alone again. One thing leading to another, he begins talking to the can that he carries with him, and eventually the hooker?s voice begins talking back to him, admonishing his many strange behaviors while providing guidance on his novel. This allows Buck to crawl his way out of his depression and into a blossoming of the true love that had always eluded him.
This hilarious novel is full of dark humor, political incorrectness, and delusion - delving into the deepest issues of life, love, and death which focus our existence and plague us all.
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