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MISADVENTURES & MERFOLK by KELLY RENO
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SummaryWhen Brendan James arrived in the British
Isles to write an honest and vivid profile of
the craggy landscape and mysterious network
of micro-islands, he found little more than
sheep and senile inhabitants, too toothless to
chat up. But after a serendipitous ferry
sinking, James found himself stranded in a
remote and peculiar village on Isle of Man
called Heather Bay where the locals were
celebrating their annual mermaid festival. At
first glance, the festivities seemed innocent
enough, but as James dug deeper, the
best-selling travel writer found himself
ill-equipped to deal with the lunacy of the
locals who would stop at nothing to persuade
him to write kind and endearing things about
their home. After being enchanted by a local
mermaid impersonator and nearly killed after
interrupting the bizarre mating ritual of a
merman, James vowed to expose the slimy
underbelly of the seemingly innocent
festivities in the alien world he's discovered.
A place where it's considered fashionable to
wear house cats as hats, where mysterious
and seductive creatures lurk within the briny
depths, and where the local church solicits
for an accepts organ donations from tourists.
In summary, Misadventures & Merfolk is the
tale of seaside village gone mad.
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"This story will have you laughing out loud!"
Reviewed by Chere Gruver
Posted November 16, 2006
This is author Brenden James' last chance. His first book
was a smashing success and topped all the bestseller lists,
his second book was a total flop. If he doesn't write
another bestseller, his days as an author are over, and he
knows it. His publisher sent him to Read more...
"I don't think anyone could be disappointed with this read."
Reviewed by Cynthia Eckert
Posted November 16, 2006
When Brenden James' thoughts' on his travels around the
States get turned into a book, which becomes a best seller,
he never expected the sequel to be a horrible flop. Now,
touring the British Isles, he is clueless as well as
suffering from writers block on how to write another Read more...
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