Mulligans

by Charlie David

Book Overview

Straight college jock Tyler brings his best friend Chase to his family's lakeside home for summer vacation. The Davidson family welcomes Chase but as the summer blossoms, unexpected attractions flare.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B089M2FKPP
• ISBN13: 9798650632320
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Mulligans by Charlie David

Mulligans, A Novel, is probably an example of when an adaptation from a movie script is better than the movie. And since the movie was good, you have an idea of how good the book is. I liked Mulligans, the movie, but I felt real sorry for Chase, the young gay man who falls in love for his best friend's father and who, at the end of the movie, walks away from the happiness he found with that family. It was sad, even if probably true, my romantic heart was really weeping for that little boy, since the movie didn't give him any hope. In the book there is an important difference that is completely overlooked in the movie. From this moment on I will talk of the novel, not of the movie, and my remarks on the characters are with that in mind; if you like the story, mind that it's different from the movie, and that difference is centred around Chase's experience, past, present and future. Chase is spending the summer in the lake house of his best friend and roommate Tyler. While Tyler treats Chase has his best friend and maybe as his little brother, Chase doesn't consider himself at the same level as Tyler; it's not only a financial issue, even if it can't be hide that Tyler has another and higher money availability than Chase; it's also the way Tyler approaches life: he is sure, confident and full frontal, it will probably arrive the time when Tyler will realize that life is not that easy, but not yet. Chase instead has already faced that moment; he knows that if he wants to succeed in life he has to do that all by himself, and to add question to question, he is also wondering on his sexuality. Better Chase deep inside knows that he is gay, but he is not confident, and so he has never had the courage to face that notion with himself, and consequently, with the outside world. Chase is in the closet not since he wants to hide, but since he has not the courage to open the doors of that closet. And from inside the closet, he admires Tyler, since he sees in him all that courage that he has not. The important distinction with the movie, is that, from Chase's point of view, before joining Tyler's family to the summer house, he was not hiding anything to his best friend, since he still hadn't admitted it with himself. At the summer house, to Chase's admiration for his best friend Tyler's attitude towards life, it is now also added a little envy for his family; Chase has no real family, his dad is long time dead, and his mother is inexistent. Basically Chase is alone, and when he meets Tyler's family, mother, father and little sister, they all, as a whole, represent the forbidden fruit. True, he can also recognize that he is attracted by Tyler's father, from an aesthetical point of view, but at the same way he is attracted by Tyler: Chase has no problem to admit that he likes his best friend, and now his best friend's father, in a sexual way, but there is no way that he can consider something with them. It's far from his mind. And so, at first, if he has t

Mulligans

Mulligans , is the first novel of actor , writer and producer Charlie David. I would recommend the book without reservation to anyone regardless of orientation, as the underlying themes of acceptance and of loving people for who they are universal. One of the first things you notice is the great attention to detail and how the story unfolds through the eyes of each of the characters and in the process gives you a much deeper insight into them that will make seeing the movie ( of the same name, that Charlie David starr's in as the character of Chase ) even more enjoyable. The book moves smoothly from one characters viewpoint to another and is beautifully written. Highly Recommended.

Good Book

This is definitely a book that's exciting and interesting to read. I enjoyed the characters and how realistic the situations in the book were. It was a page turner from beginning to end and I can't wait for the next one!

Good story, great dialogue

I ordered this book a while ago and I guess it just came out. I really enjoyed the story. It's a real family story, but sexy also. The dialogue was good, but that's to be expected since it is based on a movie. I wasn't sure how descriptive, etc. it would be, but I liked it. I'm looking forward to his next book. (I already ordered it.)