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Roulette cover painting by Alex Bratenahl fiction Roulette is a joyous and iconoclastic David-and-Goliath tale of outsiders taking on the establishment. Greedy real-estate developers, right-wing Christians and sleazy (Republican) politicos find themselves up against artists, gays, nomads, and over-the-top residents of a shantytown that gains national identity when they refuse to budge to make way for their bulldozers. The town's zany residents include a bald duck, an obsessive-compulsive fat lady who always wears yellow, and a gorgeous Marilyn Monroe-like accident-prone sexpot. As the novel unfolds and the small outpost named Roulette moves from being off the beaten path to front and center of a Presidential election, something quixotic but magical about the nature of America is revealed.
Read an excerpt from Roulette.
Adrian Brooks worked for Martin Luther King, was an antiwar activist, on the NY scene with Warhol in Soho in 1970-72, and scriptwriter/star of the legendary free-theater troupe The Angels of Light in San Francisco. His first novel, The Glass Arcade, was published in 1980.
Visit the Adrian Brooks webpage. "Since I'm the true star of this book, I think it oughta have me on the cover or, at least, have my name in the title. Whatever happened to old-fashioned courtesy and Goddess worship?" Pick it up or order it at your favorite book store! A high-resolution Roulette Publisher: Greg Wharton |
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