C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms
NEWS RELEASE
New ebook charts beleaguered Fourth Estate newshound through tale of excess and search for redemption
LOS ANGELES�C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is a just-released novella by Southern California writer D. E. Clayton.
This sobering, sometimes darkly comic and humorous story captures three days and nights in the life of Jack Markgraf, a middle-aged newspaper reporter who has seen too much blood, too much death, too much of the mundane�and not enough alcohol. Or so he thinks. An experienced and opinionated journeyman journalist, Jack obsesses as much over the painstaking creation of a fine martini�and the nightly rearrangements of his oversized Beatles wall posters�as he does about perfection on the job and the need to tell �good stories.�
He�s a martini man first and foremost, but he loves it all�Chilean cabernets; Hungarian reds; tequila and mescal; tall, golden lagers; the sweet, orange-flavored liqueur. It�s all okay with him�until finally it isn�t.
Jack stumbles through boozy nights, intense days at the newspaper, and the nuanced spirit paths that somehow manage to discover him, while snapshot-like memories of his past flash before him. Ultimately he comes to a sloppy reckoning with his drinking fixations, but is it soon enough? Or too little, too late?
This book is a good read for anybody involved with, or interested in, the world of newspaper journalism and the drinking life that often complements the sometimes grim and onerous grind of daily news gathering. The pace is brisk. Clayton writes from the perspective of one who has suffered the romantic allure of the drinking-and-writing life, and Jack Markgraf�s quest for sobriety, recovery, and personal transformation will especially resonate with those readers who have traveled the same or similar paths.
C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is published by O�Baoighill Publishers and has been designed by 52 Novels for reading in ebook format. Length: 21,000 words, approximately.
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New ebook charts beleaguered Fourth Estate newshound through tale of excess and search for redemption
LOS ANGELES�C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is a just-released novella by Southern California writer D. E. Clayton.
This sobering, sometimes darkly comic and humorous story captures three days and nights in the life of Jack Markgraf, a middle-aged newspaper reporter who has seen too much blood, too much death, too much of the mundane�and not enough alcohol. Or so he thinks. An experienced and opinionated journeyman journalist, Jack obsesses as much over the painstaking creation of a fine martini�and the nightly rearrangements of his oversized Beatles wall posters�as he does about perfection on the job and the need to tell �good stories.�
He�s a martini man first and foremost, but he loves it all�Chilean cabernets; Hungarian reds; tequila and mescal; tall, golden lagers; the sweet, orange-flavored liqueur. It�s all okay with him�until finally it isn�t.
Jack stumbles through boozy nights, intense days at the newspaper, and the nuanced spirit paths that somehow manage to discover him, while snapshot-like memories of his past flash before him. Ultimately he comes to a sloppy reckoning with his drinking fixations, but is it soon enough? Or too little, too late?
This book is a good read for anybody involved with, or interested in, the world of newspaper journalism and the drinking life that often complements the sometimes grim and onerous grind of daily news gathering. The pace is brisk. Clayton writes from the perspective of one who has suffered the romantic allure of the drinking-and-writing life, and Jack Markgraf�s quest for sobriety, recovery, and personal transformation will especially resonate with those readers who have traveled the same or similar paths.
C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is published by O�Baoighill Publishers and has been designed by 52 Novels for reading in ebook format. Length: 21,000 words, approximately.
C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms
NEWS RELEASE
New ebook charts beleaguered Fourth Estate newshound through tale of excess and search for redemption
LOS ANGELES�C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is a just-released novella by Southern California writer D. E. Clayton.
This sobering, sometimes darkly comic and humorous story captures three days and nights in the life of Jack Markgraf, a middle-aged newspaper reporter who has seen too much blood, too much death, too much of the mundane�and not enough alcohol. Or so he thinks. An experienced and opinionated journeyman journalist, Jack obsesses as much over the painstaking creation of a fine martini�and the nightly rearrangements of his oversized Beatles wall posters�as he does about perfection on the job and the need to tell �good stories.�
He�s a martini man first and foremost, but he loves it all�Chilean cabernets; Hungarian reds; tequila and mescal; tall, golden lagers; the sweet, orange-flavored liqueur. It�s all okay with him�until finally it isn�t.
Jack stumbles through boozy nights, intense days at the newspaper, and the nuanced spirit paths that somehow manage to discover him, while snapshot-like memories of his past flash before him. Ultimately he comes to a sloppy reckoning with his drinking fixations, but is it soon enough? Or too little, too late?
This book is a good read for anybody involved with, or interested in, the world of newspaper journalism and the drinking life that often complements the sometimes grim and onerous grind of daily news gathering. The pace is brisk. Clayton writes from the perspective of one who has suffered the romantic allure of the drinking-and-writing life, and Jack Markgraf�s quest for sobriety, recovery, and personal transformation will especially resonate with those readers who have traveled the same or similar paths.
C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is published by O�Baoighill Publishers and has been designed by 52 Novels for reading in ebook format. Length: 21,000 words, approximately.
New ebook charts beleaguered Fourth Estate newshound through tale of excess and search for redemption
LOS ANGELES�C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is a just-released novella by Southern California writer D. E. Clayton.
This sobering, sometimes darkly comic and humorous story captures three days and nights in the life of Jack Markgraf, a middle-aged newspaper reporter who has seen too much blood, too much death, too much of the mundane�and not enough alcohol. Or so he thinks. An experienced and opinionated journeyman journalist, Jack obsesses as much over the painstaking creation of a fine martini�and the nightly rearrangements of his oversized Beatles wall posters�as he does about perfection on the job and the need to tell �good stories.�
He�s a martini man first and foremost, but he loves it all�Chilean cabernets; Hungarian reds; tequila and mescal; tall, golden lagers; the sweet, orange-flavored liqueur. It�s all okay with him�until finally it isn�t.
Jack stumbles through boozy nights, intense days at the newspaper, and the nuanced spirit paths that somehow manage to discover him, while snapshot-like memories of his past flash before him. Ultimately he comes to a sloppy reckoning with his drinking fixations, but is it soon enough? Or too little, too late?
This book is a good read for anybody involved with, or interested in, the world of newspaper journalism and the drinking life that often complements the sometimes grim and onerous grind of daily news gathering. The pace is brisk. Clayton writes from the perspective of one who has suffered the romantic allure of the drinking-and-writing life, and Jack Markgraf�s quest for sobriety, recovery, and personal transformation will especially resonate with those readers who have traveled the same or similar paths.
C2H6O: The Annihilation of the Blossoms is published by O�Baoighill Publishers and has been designed by 52 Novels for reading in ebook format. Length: 21,000 words, approximately.
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| BN ID: | 2940148165385 |
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| Publisher: | O'Baoighill Publishers |
| Publication date: | 01/13/2014 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 218 KB |
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