Paradise Dogs (Audible Audio Edition) Man Martin David Aaron Baker Recorded Books Books
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Georgia Author of the Year Award winner Man Martin delivers a riotous, briskly paced work that Atlanta Magazine honored as a Top Ten Pick.
Erstwhile hot-dog-restaurant manager Adam Newman has a lot on his plate - and usually more than a bit in his drinking glass. With an ex-wife to win back, a fiancée to lose, a son to mentor, and a load of missing diamonds to locate, Adam may have finally bitten off more than he can chew.
Paradise Dogs (Audible Audio Edition) Man Martin David Aaron Baker Recorded Books Books
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Paradise Dogs (Audible Audio Edition) Man Martin David Aaron Baker Recorded Books Books Reviews
Being a native Floridian and a fan of Florida novels I really enjoyed this take on it, in large part due to the setting which is 60's Florida back before Miami Vice and South Beach. I drive through Yeehaw Junction several times a month and usually stop at the Stuckey's there, it's like a monument to bygone times, instant time warp. The public restrooms are a sight to behold. When I was a kid in the 60's my dad's idea of a family vacation was driving to Clewiston and eating fried catfish. So basically I'm the perfect audience for this novel.
My impression of the protagonist Adam is that he is a classic Knight-errant, with an emphasis on "errant"
A knight-errant is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. "Errant," meaning wandering or roving, indicates how the knight-errant would typically wander the land in search of adventures to prove himself as a knight, such as in a pas d'armes.
Many knights-errant fit the ideal of the "knight in shining armor". To modern day readers, the figure of the knight-errant suggests a sort of lawful or righteous vigilante. A knight-errant typically performed all his deeds in the name of a lady, and invoked her name before performing an exploit.
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To me that describes Adam to a tee, he's a Central Florida version of Don Quixote. He gets into many exploits, always meaning well, and always in the name of a lady ... I think maybe the reason it is set in the 60's is that you don't see many true romantics like Adam these days.
Adam is a bungler, no doubt about it! He has a good heart, but is constantly messing things up. This is the engaging story of Adam's adventures as he tries to reunite with his ex-wife with whom he has been "temporarily" divorced for 3 years (she left him because of his "slight" drinking problem and his constant bungling). There are a few obstacles to his reunion to his ex-wife; for starters, there's his impending marriage to his current girlfriend Lily. As Adam starts out on his quest with the aid of his reluctant son, he is constantly confronted with a series of "misunderstandings" where he inadvertently provides help to people who mistakenly take him for being a doctor, a marriage counselor, lawyer, a news paper reporter, university professor, etc. There is also the matter of a bag of lost diamonds, along with what appears to be a conspiracy to buy up land across central Florida. As Adam bungles along on his quest, he infuriates his ex-wife more than even, but also leaves behind a trail of grateful people to whom he has provided assistance. This is a story that pulls you in and soon you are rooting for Adam to succeed.
When it comes to tasting literature, until now, I must confess that I have, in general, been hopelessly marooned in The Ivory Tower like some misguided, over-educated, haughty brother of Rapunzel, waiting for a contemporaneous, under-recognized author to arrive and and free me from my tower dungeon of ignorance with his or her beautiful words. I was somehow suffering under the delusion that great literature only came from places the likes of, "Posthumous Island," "Bestseller Bay," or "Pulitzerville."
Wait a moment while I laugh at myself. Ha, ha, ha ...
Ironically, I actually met Man Martin at a recent G.W.A. conference while I was reading "Crime and Punishment" by you-know-who. In fact, Man's last words to me, as I exited the conference with a signed hardback copy of "Paradise Dogs" under my arm, were something along the lines of, "My book's going to be quite a shift for you!"
Yes, Man, it was, but not in the way you imagined.
I held Man Martin's book up to the same scrutiny that I hold any great book up to, and, I fell in love with it and I know you will too.
What do great books have in common?
Well, for one, they have many themes that are finely interlaced within and leave us with deep messages that impact our lives. "Paradise Dogs" contains many such themes. My favorite theme perhaps is the eternal battle between optimistic and pessimistic ("real") fiction. And I think I know which side Man is on after reading this book. Another great theme is that through helping others, we help ourselves. Finally, the theme of idealistic versus worldly love brings thought-provoking tension to every page. And there are many other themes for the reader to discover.
Great books have metaphors that hauntingly stir readers. The piteously bungling protagonist, Adam (a character every reader will fall in love with if for nothing else, his endearing humanity), shows us that bungling has a deeper meaning at work in the intellectual underbelly of this novel true bungling is when we force our own meaning onto the world rather than letting the world speak to us.
Great books have multiple sub-stories craftily woven in, their denouements kept just out of sight until the reckoning of the super plot at the end. "Paradise Dog's" is entertainingly bold in its far-reaching entanglements, which makes it a cross-genre novel in my humble opinion, and, so, as great books should be, unclassifiable and quite original. Adam is trying to get his life back. There are multiple love stories, one ostensibly unrequited. There is conspiracy, subtle and overt humor, mystery, and suspense as we follow Adam on his odd journey to the author's unique version of his salvation.
Great books have quotes that you can take with you, and great messages. My favorite quote is "I, now forty-seven years old in perfect health, begin." I love this quote! Perhaps we are all starting over. Everyday perhaps. And a great message in this book it's never too late to re-claim one's life. Also, in a twist at the end, readers may come to know what love really is, at least Man Martin's perception of it, which is humble and honest and real. Adam can only love when he has corrected his biggest bungle, which has to do with someone he forgot to love perhaps his whole life ... the one we seem to always forget.
Great books challenge and delight readers. I had to use a dictionary constantly (and as an author myself with an English degree my vocabulary is not exactly shabby). Also, Man uses his acumen and passion for great literature to perfume his story throughout with elegant allusions, poetical infusions, reverberating similes, and enjoyable description.
All in all, "Paradise Dogs" is a book to applaud and cherish, and, I, now forty-six years old in perfect health, begin that endeavor.
Yours in literature,
J.G.C.
Paid $12.99 for kindle version, it sells for as little as 16¢ in hard cover.
The book can not be loaned to my friend.
I don't care how good a book it is, that is a terrible deal.
For shame, AMAZON
It's not bad. I don't really know how to rate it though. I had to read it for class. It's a fairly quick read. It has some funny parts but it can be s bit rediculous at times.
This author is a genius! Funny, imaginative, yet perfectly dark.
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