Chatting With Brad

By Philip de Oliveira

How do men talk their way into love? What is the verbal chemistry that spells love at first sight? Initially on the Bali Hai chat site to distract himself from his dreary working life in Madrid, gay American Brad forges surprising friendships with Herve, an outlandish older Australian who puts on musical performances as a hobby; Tigermama, an American woman overcoming a painful past; and Filipino Hugo, a willing participant in chat shenanigans who becomes a loyal friend when things go horribly wrong. With these Brad enjoys a bawdy, freely imaginative rapport, but when he meets 20-year-old straight Dutch soccer player Matt, he enters a wonderland of virtual fun, adventurous play, gut-twisting attraction and full-blown, red-hot romance."Chatting with Brad" is a fugue of dialogues that are comical, romantic, frankly sexual, tortured, beautiful and sad. Far more than just a sex romp, it is about imagination, language and writing, and about art, inspiration and creation and the role that beauty and love play in them. Most importantly, it is mystical. The dialogues offer up many instances of love and sublime beauty in the relationships between the characters as well as in sensual perception and art, steadily preparing readers' hearts for Brad's ultimate revelation in his spiritual quest for enlightenment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463531311
• ISBN13: 9781463531317
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"