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Beginner's Luke (ebook) : Introducing the paperback edition of the contemporary "underground classic" Beginner's Luke. Since its ebook release last June, this eminently readable yet highly experimental novel has already attracted a sizable following in cyberspace, drawing favorable comparisons to A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and On the Road. The novel's eponymous protagonist is more than merely self-conscious. Luke is sui generis, literally believing himself into being. Beginner's Luke is the first novel in a series of six madcap adventures that, collectively, make up the imaginary life of this lovably irreverent modern-day Walter Mitty. "This is the sort of book that could easily have self-destructed in a lesser author's hands," writes one reviewer, "but Luckman makes it sing. You'll like Luke often; you'll want to wring his neck on occasion. But what you won't do is forget him." Read more reviews. A respected New York publisher, whose authors feature a National Book Award finalist in addition to dozens of prestigious award winners, offered the author a contract (subsequently declined in favor of an experiment in self-publishing) for the Beginner's Luke Series, which made it out of a yearly "slush pile" of nearly 8,000 manuscripts.While titillating in the rambunctious tradition of Henry Miller, this extraordinary literary debut equally impresses as a work of unsurpassed visionary art. Luke's signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious, and life-changing, point: consciousness creates. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination--for only through it can we reinvent our ourselves and our world.Currently, the author is still giving away the ebook version of Beginner's Luke. To take advantage of this completely FREE offer, or to order the paperback, click here. Whatever you do, be sure to give yourself the gift of Luke!
Beginner's Luke (ebook)
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