Tony DuShane - March 2010
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Tony DuShane - March 2010 |
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THE CRACK Chapter 2 Do you know when you have a major event in your life, you say something like, well, this is a new chapter. Or, okay, chapter 2. Do you get past chapter 2? Like after high school, you go, phew, now I'm going to college, this is chapter 2 of my life. But, then you're out of college and it was so much work and you forgot you called finishing high school "chapter 2", so you go, whelp, I'm out of college, time to backpack Europe (Asia, South America, New Zealand, San Francisco's Marina District, whatever)....so you're out of college and say, here's a new chapter in my life, chapter 2. Then you keep forgetting earlier chapter 2s, so it's chapter 2 when you get married, chapter 2 when you have a baby, Genesis Chapter 1:31: "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day." Genesis Chapter 2:1: "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array." Do you ever wonder if the God of the bible who created the Earth in six days, floating around, wishing there was a Facebook so he could connect with people, then, BAM, I'll just create their asses....but, that wasn't enough because there's no TV or HBO in heaven and cloud surfing just gets lame when no one can see you ride the lip, so you God creates conflict and his own TV show. WE ARE CHAPTER 2. I bet you God was all, yeah, now this is chapter two, wait, I need a snake and an apple. Here we go, THIS is chapter two. But, he already created light amongst the darkness, and that took a lot of work and he went, phew, that was some crazy shit, it feels like a new chapter in my life. Then he forgot all about it because he made Earth and smoked a cigar and said, this is a new chapter in my life. He kicked Earth around like a soccer ball and thought, wouldn't it be cool if there was a World Cup? God, with his ADHD, made plants instead of World Cup Soccer and a couple of naked people. Phew, Adam and Eve, that's what I'll call them because it sounds like a porno and there's no porn in heaven. He already saw the neon lights thousands of years later: ADAM AND EVE, live sex show, full nudity, 18+ only. If only God had Ritalin, then we'd all be a cloud fart thought in the sky. Anyway, check out the Publisher's Weekly starred review below on my novel and buy it. It'll make my publisher and agent happy and I can finish my next novel, my second novel, the next chapter of my life. love, Tony DuShane P.S. - I got a starred review from Publisher's Weekly: DuShane's debut novel unfolds within the insular world of Jehovah's Witnesses, following a teenager's coming of age within the strict rules of a widely known but little explored sect. Gabe is in many ways a typical California teenager: attending public high school, lusting after female classmates, and enjoying hacky sack with his best friend, Peter. At the same time, he is preoccupied with thoughts of Armageddon, and whether or not masturbating will keep him from being resurrected at the end of the world. Gabe wrestles genuinely with his faith-both embarrassed and deeply committed. As pre-pubescence gives way to young adulthood, Gabe, his troubled (non-Jehovah) cousin Karen, his high school crush Jasmine, and Peter find their moral dilemmas taking on serious dimensions, eventually leading to a tragedy that profoundly alters Gabe's understanding of faith. As a former practitioner, DuShane writes with an insider's perspective about this unique world, balancing criticism with understanding and a convincing portrait of the struggle to integrate religion into a modern world, producing an ultimately touching story that will speak to atheists and believers alike. (Feb.)
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