In Search of High Ground: The Amorous Antics of Alex Perez
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Alex is kicked out of the house by his wife. Down on his luck, he signs up with an investigative agency in Houston. The job takes him to France, Switzerland, and Germany. He blows his assignment in France, and gets shot, twice. While he’s recuperating in a Paris hospital, God begins to invade his vivid dreams. The reason? Could it be that the Grim Reaper is reaching out for him, and God was giving him one last opportunity to right his immoral ways? Alex thinks so, and decides to walk the straight and narrow road.
This is the story of a colorful but wicked Panamanian lothario from Texas who tries to find high ground. Throughout his surrealistic European journey, Alex is always in the company of irritable men, who chastise his behavior, and willing women who encourage it. He spends time in brothels, both real and imagined. Does he succeed? Not hardly. In France he gets arrested for indecent exposure. Upset with the French’s “Higher than Thou” attitude, he goes to Switzerland where they arrest him for immoral behavior and resisting arrest. Upset with the Swiss’ inability to tolerate proper “American Behavior,” he leaves for Germany for one last attempt at salvation. Then on a train leaving Munich, he meets Helga...
Alberto Arcia
Alberto is an immigrant from the Republic of Panama. He has been a resident of Plantersville, Texas for 35 years. He is writing a series of bawdy, political incorrect, humorous, adventure stories (for adults only) about an amorous Hispanic scoundrel named Alex Perez - The first novel, “Cut & Run,” was published by Arte Publico Press, in Houston, Texas. He wrote two more: "In Search of High Ground" and "An Ill Wind That Blows No Good," and had them published through Create Space - He has also written a fantasy novel titled "Marika and the Dragon," for young adults. He wrote a stage play called “Rejali and the Camel,” and produced it at The Owner Builder Network Theater Hall in July of 2012 - Alberto is a proud member, and a three term President of The Woodlands Writers Guild, an organization dedicated to educating, and nurturing a writer’s journey towards success.
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