Living in the O

By William Hageman

NEW! IMPROVED 2021 VERSION!
Yes, folks, many, many egregious errors have been removed from the 2012 mess. Now you can turn each captivating page without fear of striking the nearest wall with this book, having suddenly used it as a projectile of wrath owing to your profound abhorrence of the previous publication's horrifying timeline inaccuracies, grievously mistaken usage of the odd word, heinous overuse of pesky descriptors of all sorts, and, uh ... er ....

SO THEN. ON WITH THE SYNOPSIS!
'I should've been born with a silver spoon poised over life's bowl of cherries, ' is the signature lament of Olney Garkle, a sybarite manqu? who tends to bankroll every adventure with a sum barely adequate for an unwashed Sunday morning stroll to the 7-Eleven.

Living in the O of Outsider since childhood, Olney meets and falls head-over-heels with Maggie Bebette, an outsider herself and, to Olney's mind, a tempting bumpkin version of Louise Brooks' Lulu. Her perceived vulnerability excites his ever-whinnying satyr within, and when she suggests they pool their resources for a trip to Paris, he quickly makes a list of her assets.

Through Olney's French friends, they sublet an apartment in the 15th arrondissement, and thus begins a love story between two misfits whose character deficits are revealed against the backdrop of the cream of capitals, the city where l'amour is meant to be anything but ludicrous.

Why not join them, then, for a looney, licentious, taboo-breaking romp around the city where even war becomes a cherished memory. You may or may not regret it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477573178
• ISBN13: 9781477573174
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"