The Route edition by K C Wilson Literature Fiction eBooks
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For Peter Foster, yard man extraordinaire, the "route" presents a series of distractions from his long range plan to secure venture capital for an independent production of his own screenplay.
The Route edition by K C Wilson Literature Fiction eBooks
Book Review by Gabriell DeBear PayePeter Foster is a sympathetic guy, one many baby boomers and people who aren't quite achieving the American dream will be able to relate to. He had once been a handsome, promising young actor who got some roles in horror flicks. Now a screenwriter hopeful, Pete works as a butler in a Florida town. When his 93 year old employer dies he suddenly finds himself homeless, penniless and out of work. He struggles to survive as an underpaid handyman for neighbors and friends where he takes what little money they give him.
With nothing more than a suitcase and a typewriter, Pete wanders from house to house trying to stay fed and keep a roof over his head. With a hernia, bad teeth, a drinking problem, and 2 sons who find him an embarrassment, he is still a likable, talented guy who writes screenplays, cares for his neighbors and plays drums (or rather paint brushes on a typewriter case). Pete manages to find meaningful moments of happiness and closeness despite these rough circumstances.
The neighbors and friends Pete works for and hangs out with are a colorful cast of characters. There are too many to mention here but let me introduce you to several of them. There is Voris, a 70 year old widow who keeps getting ripped off by younger men. While hospitalized, Voris meets, falls in love with and later marries a mentally ill man named Henry. Eugene is a homeless man who lives under a bush and collects cans and stashes of money stuffed in old socks. Delbert lives in a filthy house with 30 cats and thinks that one of them is his dead wife. Pete and his drinking buddies Walter, and Floyd are the trio in their makeshift jazz band.
Pete has an interesting relationship with his sons. The oldest, Peter (from a first marriage) died in a car accident at the age of 20. The heartbreak caused Pete to start drinking more heavily and this led to the break up with his second wife. Bradley (the youngest) became a police officer and was rather cold. Author (in love with a dancer pregnant with some other dude's kid) is a heartbroken chef. Pete loves his sons and visits often but would rather sleep on the beach than impose on them.
I would have liked to see our protagonist be a little more proactive in making his life go better. But that's not who he is. He likes his liquor but manages to plug steadily away at his writing. When his son puts him in detox, he uses the time to work on his script. Pete is likable. Even though he knows where a number of people store their valuables, he never steals. He does kind deeds for his friends and neighbors.
There was one thing that bothered me about this story. The most ominous character in the book was Henry, the mentally ill black man who marries Voris and takes her life savings to build an extravagant entertainment center for himself. The relationship was disturbing and his behavior dangerous. His characterization wouldn't have been so egregious to me had there been a sympathetic black character in the story. But without that, it sounds like a biased, precautionary tale against interracial marriage that reinforces negative stereotypes about black men.
Even though many of the characters had troubled lives, overall it was a fun and enjoyable read. This is the story of finding reasons to keep on going and capturing moments of happiness despite heartbreak and misfortune. Pete never gives up on his dream of becoming a screenwriter even while he struggles to survive. This story is full of fun and crazy moments like when a Mockingbird attacks an Osprey, making it drop a fish in the yard!
The ending is satisfying too, but I won't give it away.
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The Route edition by K C Wilson Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I find it very unfortunate that writers like Kevin C. Wilson can fly for so long under the radar. The writing in "The Route" is superb, and it's a real shame that this was never picked up by a major publisher. The story follows Peter Foster in his day-to-day struggles to find a place to sleep and a few dollars for cigarettes and food, all of which are distractions from his real goal of getting his screenplay turned into a movie. "The Route" is humorous but bittersweet, reminding me simultaneously of books by Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut, and the films of Wes Anderson, in which there are many nonsequitors but within the characters' world, everything seems to make sense.
Take some time to put aside the established writers from the major publishing houses, and give Kevin Wilson a chance--you won't regret it.
At times grand and quixotic, at times a reporter of the human heart, and at times not much more than a pain in the ass to his friends and neighbors, Peter Foster is the Willy Loman protagonist of Kevin C. Wilson's shaggy-dog/ keen slice of life novel, The Route. In the Route, Peter is a homeless handyman, long since alienated from his sons and living on the edge of the dream of selling his screenplay as he works (very) odd jobs and scrambles to keep a home over his head. Events unfold for Peter in the manner of one of those old comic strips from the turn of the century, the type of comic strip that is populated by blue collar types hungry for life and their ne'er do well friends. And Peter in turns plays friend and jailor, nurse and therapist, painter and poet, booze-courier and cat-evictor, fair-to-middling hero and penny-ante villain to the good, bad and ugly people along his route. Good stuff!
While laced with the stuff of tearing heartache and a dosed with bustling helpings of shaggy-dog comedy, the Route is always carried and redeemed by Peter's own narrative voice, a voice that is alive with contradictions. Peter is overeducated and underpaid. Peter says that "timing is everything" but is constantly missing the boat. Peter's soul is haunted by failure, but he remains optimistic.
In Peter's voice, Kevin Wilson does a service to his readers. He has the ability to be elegant and folksy, cruel and loving and distinctly American (distinctly Floridian, to be more precise) in a way that reminds me of (of all people) Larry McMurtry, an author I'm very fond of.
If all this sounds a little too highfalutin, I don't mean it to be, it's fun, smart and the plot is neither abstract nor absurdist (although there are absurd moments). Read it while drinking in a bar. Preferably a bar in Florida.
Book Review by Gabriell DeBear Paye
Peter Foster is a sympathetic guy, one many baby boomers and people who aren't quite achieving the American dream will be able to relate to. He had once been a handsome, promising young actor who got some roles in horror flicks. Now a screenwriter hopeful, Pete works as a butler in a Florida town. When his 93 year old employer dies he suddenly finds himself homeless, penniless and out of work. He struggles to survive as an underpaid handyman for neighbors and friends where he takes what little money they give him.
With nothing more than a suitcase and a typewriter, Pete wanders from house to house trying to stay fed and keep a roof over his head. With a hernia, bad teeth, a drinking problem, and 2 sons who find him an embarrassment, he is still a likable, talented guy who writes screenplays, cares for his neighbors and plays drums (or rather paint brushes on a typewriter case). Pete manages to find meaningful moments of happiness and closeness despite these rough circumstances.
The neighbors and friends Pete works for and hangs out with are a colorful cast of characters. There are too many to mention here but let me introduce you to several of them. There is Voris, a 70 year old widow who keeps getting ripped off by younger men. While hospitalized, Voris meets, falls in love with and later marries a mentally ill man named Henry. Eugene is a homeless man who lives under a bush and collects cans and stashes of money stuffed in old socks. Delbert lives in a filthy house with 30 cats and thinks that one of them is his dead wife. Pete and his drinking buddies Walter, and Floyd are the trio in their makeshift jazz band.
Pete has an interesting relationship with his sons. The oldest, Peter (from a first marriage) died in a car accident at the age of 20. The heartbreak caused Pete to start drinking more heavily and this led to the break up with his second wife. Bradley (the youngest) became a police officer and was rather cold. Author (in love with a dancer pregnant with some other dude's kid) is a heartbroken chef. Pete loves his sons and visits often but would rather sleep on the beach than impose on them.
I would have liked to see our protagonist be a little more proactive in making his life go better. But that's not who he is. He likes his liquor but manages to plug steadily away at his writing. When his son puts him in detox, he uses the time to work on his script. Pete is likable. Even though he knows where a number of people store their valuables, he never steals. He does kind deeds for his friends and neighbors.
There was one thing that bothered me about this story. The most ominous character in the book was Henry, the mentally ill black man who marries Voris and takes her life savings to build an extravagant entertainment center for himself. The relationship was disturbing and his behavior dangerous. His characterization wouldn't have been so egregious to me had there been a sympathetic black character in the story. But without that, it sounds like a biased, precautionary tale against interracial marriage that reinforces negative stereotypes about black men.
Even though many of the characters had troubled lives, overall it was a fun and enjoyable read. This is the story of finding reasons to keep on going and capturing moments of happiness despite heartbreak and misfortune. Pete never gives up on his dream of becoming a screenwriter even while he struggles to survive. This story is full of fun and crazy moments like when a Mockingbird attacks an Osprey, making it drop a fish in the yard!
The ending is satisfying too, but I won't give it away.
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