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The Chronicles of a Cynic

The Chronicles of a Cynic

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Publisher Price: $26.95

ISBN10: 0595661068
ISBN13: 9780595661060
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Nov 17 2003
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
An offbeat and satirical work of what might be considered literary fiction, The Chronicles of a Cynic is a loosely allegorical spin on Dante's Purgatorio.

This contemporary bildungsroman follows the unlikely path of the title character--a writer/educator named Dan Taylor-Gehry--across the country to teaching jobs, through loves gained and lost, against encounters with the seven deadly sins, amidst moderate success in writing and publishing, and ultimately downward through his darkest psychological recesses. The cynic's frenetic pace matches the transience of Kerouac's Sal Paradise, and the bombastic tone of his narration evokes visions of Ignatius Reilly waxing philosophical from behind a hot dog stand.

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