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42 kirjaa tekijältä Al Lucas
This is a cryptic allusion to the author's first name, Al. There turn out to be many Al's and many Alice's with stepchildren Allen and Alan as well as Al Jr.Al takes on his personal take of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as well as the Ten Commandments and the Boy Scout Code.His view is somewhat cryptic and somewhat aligned. Finally, he convinces himself he has alien charm and takes off on a galloping journey of marriage, politicking, death, and posterity.The book ends with a humorous tag on one of our nation's many health kicks, 'drink plenty of water.'
This is a cryptic allusion to the author's first name, Al. There turn out to be many Al's and many Alice's with stepchildren Allen and Alan as well as Al Jr.Al takes on his personal take of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as well as the Ten Commandments and the Boy Scout Code.His view is somewhat cryptic and somewhat aligned. Finally, he convinces himself he has alien charm and takes off on a galloping journey of marriage, politicking, death, and posterity.The book ends with a humorous tag on one of our nation's many health kicks, 'drink plenty of water.'
This is a sequel to The Inheritance and involves the same cast of characters this time decidedly more insane. In the Inheritance the nephew gets the house. In Homecoming, you get it.
Here we have the tale of two brothers codependent in a friendly, upfront manner, eking it out despite hurricanes Helene and Milton in Seminole Florida. Strategically buying separate homes, they deal with infidelity, disloyalty, and outright connivance as the nation itself bends over to an autocratic humper.
Paul Undres, anti-hero and protagonist, once again espouses the world's ills in Quitting. In Hi' Steppin' he was a crackhead who undoes the Veterans Administration. In Lo' Steppin' he is a sex addict who loses his welfare check to an alluring underage girl. Finally, herein, he smokes himself to death after a few unusual operations. Take a deep breath while his fate is talked about by the gods above and below in a fierce battle with the thoughtlessness. It's a fight to the finish. Everyone dies. Mr. Lucas was born in New York and never recovered. Currently he is at a distance from all previous acquaintances. He has much hope for the world despite its reversals.
Was Paul a bigot or a product of the times? Has his shortsightedness caught him with his pants down? From freeloader to office holder to prison inmate, we find ourselves incarcerated by Paul's misfortune. Paul really can't do much behind bars. He just can't get around like he use to. The author finds himself adequately recovered from his first book, Hi' Steppin, ' and now is in concentration with Paul as Paul merrily cavorts down a decadent path in Lo' Steppin.' Al, the author, is happy Paul has found a home, but realizes that is not a permanent stay for soon there will be the Third Step, the Smoking Gun and Coffin Nails to read.
This is a book of Elvis Undres, twin brother to Paul Undres, known protagonist of the Step Series. It is not necessary an autobiographical book fictionalized by name only, but the author's take on reality as he has plowed through the years of polarized politics while being retired. His life is AA and MSNBC. same as Elvis..
Paul Undres has made a mess of things. Sure, he lost his head at the close of The Third Step, A Smoking Gun, but Paul, well... Al has the power of the pen on his side, and delivers him back to life. As to the real problem, making a living, it is pretty basic, but it takes a rigorous dream to figure just how. Maybe his wife can do it. About The Author: Al Lucas is an author of long and varied experience in life and recovery. Having found a way out of trouble, he imbues his stories with events both familiar and trippy, especially to those experienced with psychedelics. Recovery humor is the result. It is evident that those, who recover, find humor in things that nearly killed them. Some can get overly upset about it, but acceptance, an AA tenet, is the key toward coping. Dreaming that simple dream is the stuff of Al's paradigms for new future, as if he knows what that is.
This book deals with the peregrinations of a seventy six year old man who still lusts for life as he debates with himself the value of it. He has become spiritual in his old age. He also celebrates his twenty second year of sobriety that has enabled him to salvage from the ruins a misspent earlier time. He wonders if he should be overly remiss regarding himself in light of the politics of public opinion these last six years. In fact so unbelievable is it, he wonders if he isn't imagining it all.
Pau is first and foremost a writer. Nonetheless, he departs from his element with Mime, an AA consort and former ballerina, as he seeks to choreograph a ballet for her. He winds up with a tougher character, Maynot, though, who cheats him of all royalties and savings from his lifeline of work, writing. In the end he is at a lost for words
This is a book about politics and personality. The politics is the digital era and just how smart are we? The personality is Paul Undres as he anticipates the oncoming election of 2022. The two jive and groove in a sneaker culture that retails on Amazon and whether it is worth buying a candidate. . About the Author: Al is all about Paul Undres, the protagonist. He thinks and acts just like the character unfortunately.
About the Author: Al predicts the midterms to this classic storybook tale replete with fantasy characters and childlike wonderment. His protagonist wonders chapter by chapter what has befallen him and what he is going to do about it. In any event, it's all public record with Al's15th and most historic book. Travel on the Amtrak AA Special to the girl's dorm at UF to a reincarnated self and find out what his secrets to longevity are, and as he feeds the public the baby formula you can't find on the store shelves. As far as the silken approach goes, he delivers smooth talk to Trump's world. See where that lands him.
Book Blurb: The relationship between Paul, the creator of fiction, and Maybee, the publicist of lies is contentious. She promises so much but produces so little. As a result Paul needs to reinvent himself with AA meetings, his only outlet besides the muse. It is within the confines of that space that he takes on sponsees, Angel Loaf and Wonder Bred, along with the girlfriends, Haughty Count and Soft Spread. Like any good sponsor, Paul loses his home trying to help. He thus abandons Tampa and goes North to see if any of his old acquaintances still mean anything. Between Brandy, Matter, and Fingers, he finds a certain equivocation. So a return homne to his newly rebuilt condo is in order as he celebrates the reunion with Maybee, the famous four, and the neighbors. All in all, he winds up pontificating to no one in general having dismissed the partiers for parting sake. About the Author: Al is at the crossroads. He has journeyed far and wide and now intersects with the nexus, the point of emotional bloodletting as he lets the world know it is not alone. There is AA.
This photo reveals an author in deep denial of which a whole book could be written. Lucas asks how definitive does a man have to be to tell a story of reasonable conjecture from the viewpoint of a victim? He finds himself in eerily similar circumstances that his protagonist found himself to be in: Tampa, the hood, 9/11, the VA, Alcohol Anonymous. Whatever can be said, consider it said.
It's about a character Bon Mot, whose name was chosen as a witticism, who comes from a broken home in New York, tries to join Al Qaeda, but at the airport is intercepted by a sexual trafficker. For the next six years he is a sexual slave. Released from bondage he moves toTampa to get his head straight. There he meets a prostitute, Harlot, and their relationship continues throughout with counseling from UU church and AA twelve seeps.Bon is attempting to write a white paper on America's economy which divides his attention between that and Harlot.Finally, Harlot dies from too much abuse and Bon takes to the woods to escape.
It's about a character Bon Mot, whose name was chosen as a witticism, who comes from a broken home in New York, tries to join Al Qaeda, but at the airport is intercepted by a sexual trafficker. For the next six years he is a sexual slave. Released from bondage he moves to Tampa to get his head straight. There he meets a prostitute, Harlot, and their relationship continues throughout with counseling from UU church and AA twelve seeps.Bon is attempting to write a white paper on America's economy which divides his attention between that and Harlot.Finally, Harlot dies from too much abuse and Bon takes to the woods to escape.