Random Walk

Block, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 0312930925 / ISBN 13: 9780312930929

Published by Tor, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1988

About this Item

Light spotting to top page edge.

Seller Inventory # 287

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Random Walk
• Publisher: Tor, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312930925
• ISBN 13: 9780312930929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition/First Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+
• Seller catalogs:
  • MODERN FIRST EDITIONS

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Synopsis

Guthrie embarks on an odyssey from his Oregon home eastward, drawing fellow pilgrims--including the murderous Mark--into their own journeys of discovery

Reviews

Block's latest novel is for New Age disciples or for readers interested in learning the tenets of the philosophy. Otherwise a "random walk" can be a tiresome journey. Guthrie Wagner, a bartender in Roseburg, Ore., hears a voice urging him to take a walk. The idea is so appealing that he quits his job, sells his car, and begins a trek toward the East though he has no specific destination. Along the way, Guthrie realizes he is almost starting life anew. He discovers that he has lost the urge to smoke, can walk miles effortlessly and is never cold when he sleeps outdoors. Guthrie's walk begins to appeal to others like Jody Ledbetter, a trucker who finds he has healing powers, and psychologist Sara Duskin, a blind visionary, and her son, Thom. Block ( When the Sacred Ginmill Closes ) intersperses the narrative with vignettes focusing on real estate investor Mark Adlon's obsessonkilling women. Of course Adlon is destined to join the walk. While Sara eventually explains to Guthrie the reason for their journey, the book contains no surprises. One wishes the author had channeled his positive energy elsewhere.
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