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A FAIRY TALE OF LA HONDA
by Joe Florez
When I first read Tom Wolfe’s THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST, I immediately I got interested in the hippie generation. I was fascinated in particular with La Honda, the place in the Californian woods where Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters set up their commune/base camp in the early ’60s.
There is a little bit of me, and of many people, I guess, that wants to have a taste of the idealism of this period, however unsustainable, contradictory and downright self-indulgent it might have been. And this is the backdrop to my humorous noir mystery. It’s about a commune, deep in the woods of North California, just some guys who want to recreate a bit of la Honda for themselves.
The book, I hope, is also something of a homage to the Pranksters, a mixture of innocence and daft, indecent pleasure. The main character is a midget porn star, and the PI who goes in search of him is a thuggish ex-Berkeley professor who lost his job for dangling his boss out of a fifth-story window. All this wrapped up in a plot based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I think Ken might have liked it.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JERRY PICCO? at Amazon.Com
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JERRY PICCO? Amazon.co.uk
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JERRY PICCO? Smashwords
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6 kommentarer:
Dorte - Thanks for this chance to "meet" Joe Florez.
Joe - Thanks for sharing your book. I really like the premise. A commune placed in Northern California - what a great idea for a backdrop and setting! it really is, and it sounds like there's some absurd fun in it, too.
Glad I remembered to return for The Notice Board.
I enjoyed reading Joe's post. Intriguing cast of characters.
Thank you, Dorte, for this fun new feature at your blog!
...and thank you, Joe, for contributing to it. Your book sounds quite fun and entertaining! At 99 cents it's a bargain, so I've added it to my Kindle. Thanks!
Margot: it may feel closer to home for you than for me; still I bet this is not your natural habitat ;)
Heather: I know what you mean, I haven´t come across a midget porn star before either.
Kelly: ah, I am sure Joe will be happy he wrote the post :D
I've been to La Honda, California, bought nick-knacks at the General Store and enjoyed the laid back atmosphere of the town.
I'm embarrassed to say I've had the Electric Kool-aid Acid Test sitting on my TBR shelf for far too long. I'm moving it up in the queue and adding "What Happened to Jerry Picco"! Thanks for the introduction.
Cathryn: so perhaps you have run into Jerry Picco? ;)
I am glad Joe has made you interested in his book.
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