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    Max, The Blind Guy (a Digital Serial Novel -- Part I)
    Max, The Blind Guy (a Digital Serial Novel -- Part I)
    Max, The Blind Guy (a Digital Serial Novel -- Part I)
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    Max, The Blind Guy (a Digital Serial Novel -- Part I)

    By Mark Beyer

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    Originally published in 12 PARTS, beginning June 12, 2015, this digital serial novel comes to you FREE to read Part 1. For the full digital or print copy, please purchase at their discounted prices.
    PART I : Straddlelogue ; Prague #1

    This is the story of Maximilian and Greta Ruth, their 40-year relationship, and all the demons that show up as they find that life rarely goes according to plan.

    Max daydreams in colors which his eyes can no longer see. His wife is leading them on a European tour: Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, and Venice. Greta Ruth calls this trip their “last hurrah.” She hasn't had the best from 40 years with Max. But Max takes their life differently: marriage is an affair of more than the heart’s journey. This pair of American originals have known passion, riches, and sorrow. Today, these roads lead them through Europe’s famed cities, but Greta wonders if the plan will see her through to the promised “champagne on the Grand Canal.”

    Their Elite Travel tour-mates are getting on each other’s nerves. They are characters found next door, on everyday streets, under black-eye days, and across lost-memory nights. The highlights and sights, the posh lunches, the gamy conversation over drinks in the bar – and of course the "tour friendships" – all make their faux-camaraderie sometimes combative but never boring.
    A story rife with modern perils – too much time, too much money, just enough libido, secrets revealed – Max and Greta Ruth don’t wait for what the future may bring.

    "Max, the blind guy" is a complex, emotional story of art, ego, love, and marriage. Beyer’s nuanced story brings to life fictional characters from America and Europe as this group of recalcitrant travelers make their way travel through lovely cities and desperate thoughts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Beyer
    Release dateJun 11, 2015
    ISBN9781311633804
    Max, The Blind Guy (a Digital Serial Novel -- Part I)
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    Mark Beyer

    Mark Beyer has lived in the Czech Republic, Spain, France, and on a Maltese island. He has written about Gozoan fishing villages, the Bohemian capital’s “storybook” lanes, bull running in Pamplona, and living at the base of Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc. Born and raised in the Chicago area, he taught fiction writing at Columbia College Chicago, was a book editor in New York City, and worked for many years as a journalist. His writing has won awards for the short story (Columbia University Scholastic Competition, 1998) and for news features (Florida Association of News Publications, 2004). His children’s literature, written for schools and libraries, has been translated into numerous languages. He now makes his home in Europe alongside his wife, Asia Szustek. Currently, he is working on a new novel, and blogs at bibliogrind.com on themes of literature and book culture. "Max, the blind guy" (June 2015) grew from a recognition on a street in Prague.

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