A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ELECTRICITY

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ELECTRICITY

A modern psychedelic Tom Sawyer type named Radkin runs away from home, to seek his muse by writing a book just like he would build a fireplace, a sturdy structure in which to conjure a flickering warmth to enchant a lady. It takes awhile. He crisscrosses Appalachia in an Econoline van with a steam engine styled band, volunteers at a turtle preserve in the Caribbean, and is hired as night watchmen at a veterinary hospital in Vermont where he grows pot in an adjacent forest. He also gives piano lessons to a retired mafioso psychiatrist, Dr. Zuckerman, who has hired a mercenary lawyer- and his young associate- to help him build a state of the art nursing home in the same forest where Radkin grows his crop. When a bumbling DEA agent is assigned to investigate a suspicious thermal image suggesting a patch of illegal cannabis, both Radkin and his piano student find themselves in a bind… A Beginner’s Guide to Electricity is literary fiction for boomers, freaks, Deadheads, environmentalists, artists, musicians, and those who love language. The style is influenced by A Confederacy of Dunces by Toole, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me by Farina, The Fan Man by Kotzwinkle, and Inherent Vice by Pynchon. "David Foster Wallace meets Dave Barry...really enjoyed this allegory of my youth and probably some of your youths too! And there are references and words to explore and learn! . . .read the book!" - Smoke75 on Amazon.