Sex, Lies, and Soybeans

by Rick Goeld

Overview

Sex, Lies and Soybeans is a sexy techno-romp ... with a message. It takes place in a dystopian future where a variety of diseases have decimated most types of food animals. Soy has become the "go to" crop for protein, and the Soy Industry has become the world's most powerful food consortium. Their long-term goal: dominate the worldwide food market. Their interim goal: saturate the American fast food market. The influential state of Texas is their first target. Lobbyists introduce legislation that would allow the Soy Industry to dominate the Texas fast food market. But Victoria Blackburn, Chairman of the Texas State Senate's Food and Drug Committee, blocks the legislation. Soy Industry attempts to influence her are unsuccessful, so Plan B is devised: Penetrate her family and twist a few arms - or worse - to change the Senator's mind. Her brother, William, a slacker with an overactive sex drive, is identified as the "weak link" in the family. Sex, Lies and Soybeans is fast-paced entertainment that mixes outrageous sex, deception, technology, and screeching plot twists with a serious message: What will happen if we become too dependent on genetically-engineered food?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982945315
Publisher:	GGFC Properties LLC
Publication date:	09/21/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	980 KB

About the Author

Here’s the dull part: I was born in New York City, and grew up in Miami, Florida. I earned an engineering degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then went into the field of high-tech electronics. I was a nerd, with slide rule, pocket protector, and coke-bottle glasses.

I gradually outgrew my nerdiness. Encouraged by my wife, Kathy, I learned some social skills. Against all odds, I slithered up the corporate ladder and, employing smoke and mirrors whenever possible, I became a vice president at two different companies.

A few years ago, the corporate flunkies got tired of my act and put me on the street. I asked myself: Self, what should I do next? Since my main interests were sex, sports, reading fiction, sex, old-time rock-and-roll, classic movies, and sex, I decided to become a writer. I started out writing short stories, but you’ve got to be “literary” to get short stories published, and, anyway, there’s no money in them, so … I decided to write novels.

My first novel was “Searching for Steely Dan,” in which I parlayed my own near-obsession with Steely Dan and my son’s misadventures in New York into a sensitive, touching, and compelling coming-of-age story. Eddie Zittner, my protagonist, is a 29-year-old Jersey boy with no job, no ambition, and a failing marriage. His near-obsession with The Dan prompts his wife to dump him. Eddie takes to the sidewalks of Manhattan, searching for answers, searching for inspiration, searching for … well, read the book.

My second novel, "Sex, Lies, and Soybeans,” is a sexy techno-romp - whatever that means - with a timely message about the evils of genetically engineered food. This story takes place in a near-future where soy has become the world's primary source of protein, and the Soy Industry has become the world's most powerful food consortium. When a beautiful Texas State Senator blocks soy-industry-sponsored legislation, lobbyists decide to twist a few arms - or worse - to change her mind. This book is loaded with things I’m interested in: sex, political deception, old-time rock-and-roll, sex, beautiful women, off-the-wall characters, sex, references to classic movies, screeching plot twists, and, did I mention kinky sex?

More dull stuff: I'm married, have three grown children, three dogs, and live in Scottsdale, Arizona.