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Give Yourself the Gift of Luke
Posted on Oct 27th, 2007
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Luke
Luke
Dear Friend,
It is my pleasure to introduce the paperback edition of Sol Luckman's contemporary “underground classic” Beginner's Luke. Since its ebook release last year, this eminently readable yet highly experimental novel has already attracted a sizable following in cyberspace, drawing comparisons to A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and On the Road.
It is my pleasure to introduce the paperback edition of Sol Luckman's contemporary “underground classic” Beginner's Luke. Since its ebook release last year, this eminently readable yet highly experimental novel has already attracted a sizable following in cyberspace, drawing comparisons to A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and On the Road.
While titillating in the rambunctious tradition of Henry Miller and Jack Kerouac, this visionary debut equally impresses as a work of literary art. Luke's signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious point: consciousness creates. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination–for only through it can we reinvent ourselves and our world. 212 pages. Visit http://www.beginnersluke.com/page7.html to order your copy today!
The novel's eponymous protagonist is more than merely self-conscious. Luke is sui generis, literally believing himself into being. Beginner's Luke is the first novel in a series of six madcap adventures that, collectively, make up the imaginary life of this lovably irreverent modern-day Walter Mitty. “This is the sort of book that could easily have self-destructed in a lesser author's hands,” writes one reviewer, “but Luckman makes it sing. You'll like Luke often; you'll want to wring his neck on occasion. But what you won't do is forget him.” Read more reviews.
There is nothing in the world of fiction today quite like Luckman's highly refined, absurdly profound prose. A respected New York publisher, whose authors feature a National Book Award finalist in addition to dozens of prestigious award winners, offered the author a contract (declined in favor of an experiment in self-publishing) for the Beginner's Luke Series, which was selected out of a yearly “slush pile” of nearly 8,000 manuscripts–a rare and wonderful feat these days.
While titillating in the rambunctious tradition of Henry Miller and Jack Kerouac, this extraordinary literary début equally impresses as a work of unsurpassed visionary art. Luke's signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious, and life-changing, point: consciousness creates. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination–for only through it can we reinvent our ourselves and our world.
Sol Luckman is also author of the internationally acclaimed nonfiction Conscious Healing: Book One on the Regenetics Method. Australia's Nexus New Times called Conscious Healing, which also received a five-star endorsement from the Midwest Book Review and was recently translated into Turkish, “a paradigm-reworking book” that introduces “a revolutionary healing science that's expanding the boundaries of being.”
Currently, the author is giving away the ebook version of Beginner's Luke. To take advantage of this completely FREE offer, or to order the paperback, visit http://www.beginnersluke.com/page7.html. Also, please join the Beginner's Luke Book Club here at Zaadz. Whatever you do, be sure to give yourself the gift of Luke!
To the Adventure!
Leigh
Publicist for Sol Luckman
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