You will laugh out loud at Mike Meyer’s two new whimsical novels filled with characters you will like and not soon forget. Please check out his recent author interview at Writing Unhooked. http://writingunhooked.wordpress.com/
THE FAMOUS UNION is a rollicking romp through the halls of academia. Fast-paced. Hilarity at its best! It is a tongue-in-cheek look at the dismal economic situation currently taking place on a small California college campus, where tough financial decisions bring about severe disruption and hilarity to a once very proud institution of higher learning, the home of the Famous Union Fighting Orchids, whose motto is and always has been, “Just wait until next year.” The colorful characters find themselves in a fast paced read of opposing but intersecting motives and desires. Though the tone is light, the characters are well drawn and the struggles they undergo are not far removed from what is actually taking place in our economically strapped nation today. Their idiosyncrasies and strong passion for their often-conflicting desires humanly demonstrate much of what society is indeed feeling in the country today, making this a very timely contribution to the foibles of living with the terrible money throes we find ourselves having to endure in today’s strange and wonderful world of the United States. THE FAMOUS UNION is peopled with wonderful eccentrics: the newly hired professor with nothing to do, the overworked Chaucer specialist, the football coach who cannot find a way to get his players to win, his star running back who is hobbled by his own quirky nature, the exhibitionist who serves as the departmental secretary. These characters and their colleagues will make you laugh out loud as they plod through what life at this once proud institution of higher learning has now become.
The Survival of Marvin Baines
THE SURVIVAL OF MARVIN BAINES is a novel about real life and whimsy, as they collide head on with a man’s midlife crisis. It is fast paced and filled with colorful characters. Marvin Baines’ humorous adventures take him on a journey through which he finally realizes what is really important in life. Funny at times and yet serious too, a winning combination about life, marriage, and coming to terms with one’s own quandaries and foibles as midlife suddenly rears its head.
Mike Meyer recently retired as a writing professor from a California community college. He lives in the Southern California wine country with his wife, Kitty, and their two other cats.
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