Lying Bastard by Clint Margrave

Lying Bastard by Clint Margrave

A darkly comic literary novel, LYING BASTARD is set in Long Beach, CA, and is narrated by adjunct English professor Berlin Saunders, who, as the book opens, is playing dead on the classroom floor after a school shooting. The story revolves around a father-son relationship between liberal professor, Saunders, and his conservative student, Adam Rowan, a returning Iraq veteran, who tries to recruit Saunders into a quixotic plot to steal the Liberty Bell. But when an act of betrayal disrupts their plans, Saunders is left to wonder who has betrayed whom? And could that betrayal be the motivation behind the violent situation in which the professor currently finds himself?
LYING BASTARD is a story about one man on the brink, searching for authenticity in an education system that exploits both teacher and student, in a country that exploits both civilian and soldier. Along the way, the reader is introduced to a colorful cast of characters, such as the sweaty, brown-nosing tenure-track job-seeking Tom Corona, the villainous chair of the English Department and self-published author, Harry Crawford, and the narrator's best friend, a former adjunct-turned-rock star, Will De Freitas. LYING BASTARD is a story for and about contemporary America, a story that addresses the themes of school shootings, guns, truth vs. fiction, and a failing education system.

Margrave, Clint: - Clint Margrave's work has appeared in numerous magazines including The New York Quarterly, Rattle, Ambit, Chiron Review, and Pearl, as well as in the anthologies At the Gate: Arrivals and Departures (Kings Estate Press, 2010), Beside the City of Angels: An Anthology of Long Beach Poetry (World Parade Books, 2010), INCIDENTAL BUILDINGS & ACCIDENTAL BEAUTY (Tebot Bach, 2001) and SO LUMINOUS THE WILDFLOWERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA POETS (Tebot Bach, 2003). He lives in Long Beach, CA.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781733352635
ISBN 10	1733352635
Titel	Lying Bastard
Autor	Clint Margrave
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Runamok Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2020-05-01
Seitenanzahl	264
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.