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Here's a reader's review by someone many of you know, Ferenc of Pollo del Mar, as posted on the Surf Guitar 101 forum
http://surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=184834#184834
"A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge" by Will Viharo.
First off, don't believe a thing I say because Will is a good friend of mine.
However, Will is a very talented writer who has recently come back to fiction after at least a 15 year break. And the ideas that bubble out of his head are outrageous. It's obvious that this guy has watched way to many B movies, and this is the story of a B-movie, as told from the writer's p.o.v. (he yearns to be like his characters), the characters (who just take all the weirdness without asking questions) and the director (and real writer) who manipulates all, but is completely manipulated himself. Zombies, dead Elvises, tiki bars, lounge singers, gang rape by biker gangs, exploitation, exploitation, exploitation. If you know Will, you will see many parallels to his own life, as he works through the drama that has surrounded him over the years. In fact, his frequently updated blog becomes another active p.o.v. to this novel.
As I said, don't believe me, but if this wasn't an engrossing read, I wouldn't recommend it.
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/a-mermaid-drowns-in-the-midnight-lounge/12037132
AMAZON http://www.amazon.com/Mermaid-Drowns-Midnight-Lounge/dp/0557548993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283197256&sr=8-1
BARNES & NOBLE http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/e/9780557548996/?itm=1&USRI=a+mermaid+drowns+in+the+midnight+lounge
btw, my novel CHUMPY WALNUT now available now available from AMAZON:
http://www.amazon.com/Chumpy-Walnut-Will-Viharo/dp/0557600375/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287697260&sr=1-3
and BARNES & NOBLE
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Chumpy-Walnut/Will-Viharo/e/9780557600373/?itm=1&USRI=chumpy+walnut
aloha
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