Sunday! Beginnings! Today how about the start of my fifth novel, PRESSURE DROP (the first one where my Bahamian days came into play). Look up blue holes if you get a chance. In this scene it’s an inland one. On the next book tour ask me about my crazy diving experiences way back when. I’d love to go on and on about it and have often bored people to tears on the subject):
The blue hole isn’t blue. It is gray, even under a clear sky; just a quiet pond in the woods. Any of the village boys could skip a stone across it, but they never do. They don’t go near the blue hole because a monster lives at the bottom. The fisherman even claims he has seen it; the fisherman who drinks a bottle of rum a day.
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From the little that I know or have been able to infer, this book could be the closest to autobiographical fiction that Peter has ever written.
Autobiographical…Fiction! …. Is that a real “thing”??….snort!
Pressure!….We here LOVE this book!…snort!snort!….The diving scenes are incredibly scary,,,,wheeze!….We may have to read this book for the third time, yes indeed!….chuffle!
Rio, I agree! This was the first Peter Abraham’s book I read. It sent me down the rabbit hole, reading other wonderful books by him. And it is definitely time for a re- read!
First!….Reba if I remember correctly, the first Charming Mr. Abrahams book we read was “The Tutor”….wheeze!….We loved that one too! Poor Zippy….sniffle!
The first PA stand alone that I read was Nerve Damage, which was quite a gripping introduction to the marvelous writings of Peter Abrahams. I found it as a paperback in a bookstore (Borders, I think, which no longer exists) and the rest was, as they say, history.
WTAFP!…How and when did you get your paws on Dog On It?…snort!….I’m interested to know why you decided to read it….sniff!sniff!…I’m trying to remember the first Charming Mr Abrahams book we read. I sort of think it was “Oblivion”… wheeze!….I think it was the book that prompted me to write to the author with a question I had about one of the characters….wuffle!…Although I may be wrong. I will have to pull that book out and make sure it’s the one I am thinking of….chuffle!
Ah, the no longer exists.
Remember Pickwicks and B. Dalton. And my neighborhood used book stores which I used to frequent almost monthly. The counter clerks had the inventory memorized and were always good for a recommendation. There was a little used book store next to the quilt shop I used to go to, both gone now. Quilt shop owner retired and moved away, not sure what happened to the book store. That entire seedy little strip mall is gone, replaced with a newer commercial building because land here is pricey and they aren’t making any more of it.