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Van Allen's Ecstasy
by Jim Tushinski

Publisher: Harrington Park Press (Southern Tier Eds)
Binghamton, NY , USA

Year


2004       
Cover / size: Paperback, octavo

Dustjacket?   no

ISBN: 1560234555

Rating explanation

G
Arbery Ref:   000069


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Condition: Good

Ex-library. Missing pre-title page; library stamped. Cover very good, binding tight and overall good reading copy.



Plot / Content:

"Born into an extraordinarily talented family, twenty-nine-year-old Michael Van Allen is the gay son of a well-known concert pianist and an equally famous painter. All his life, he has yearned for the talent and creativity that should have been his birthright but have somehow been denied him. When he wakes in a mental hospital, his memory gone, his former life erased, his doctor tells him of his screaming breakdown during one of his father's performances. Van Allen's Ecstasy is the story of Michael's journey in search of his former self. As he pieces together his forgotten life, Michael uncovers jealousy, obsession, and secret desires that threaten to destroy his sanity once again. "
(from the cover)



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Reviews:

"A passionate novel about the passion of creativity ... This tale of a man who years to make his mark through music is by turns wry, spooky, and aching ." pre-publication comment by Jean Thompson, author of Who Do You Love and Wild Blue Yonder (from the cover)
"A compelling contribution to the literature of madness and identity." pre-publication comment by Stephen Beachy, author of The Whistling Song and Distortion (from the cover)








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