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Idealism? Rebellion? Apathy? What is it that motivates twenty-something Myron and Susie, in 1971, to leave the Boston commune centered around a self-proclaimed Messiah, and travel in a refurbished school bus across the country to the Pacific Northwest? There, they give birth to their daughter in a back-to-the-land commune.
Susie, awash in maternal instinct and surrounded by liberated women, blossoms into in-your-face womanhood. Myron, our smug, pseudo-Zen first-person narrator, cynical and ironic, the floating 'eye' of consciousness, gleefully reports the foibles and frailties of those around him. But his own vulnerability catches up with him in his love for his infant daughter and, as Myron himself might say, his dogma is run over by his karma.
The war in Vietnam; Watergate and the Nixon scandal; open marriage and co-parenting; experimentation with sex and drugs; communal living under extreme conditions. What was all that about?
Overflowing with sights, insights, sentiments and sensations of the early 70s, this twenty-first century novel emerges as a crystalline illumination of that critical cusp in the American evolution.
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Myron Night weaves the dark quirks of human nature into the plot twists of his fast-paced, gritty novels. Myron has been a trans-continental hitchhiker, a blues musician, a theatrical producer and playwright, and web developer of matchbookmania.com, misterpottymouth.com and tomorrowscope.com. He lives and writes in Bellingham, Washington, computer keys clicking in harmony with the silent purr of his cool cat sidekicks, Mr. Magic and Mr. Midnight. Check out myronnight.com and facebook.com/MyronNight.
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- PublisherGreenlight Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0972425004
- ISBN 13 9780972425001
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages260
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Perfect Fingers: A Novel of '70s America
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Greenlight Books
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ISBN 10: 0972425004
ISBN 13: 9780972425001
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Author, inscribed "To Don & Carol -- Best from Michael / Myron". Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to Dust Jacket and Boards. Binding is tight. Pages are clean. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 040532
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