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about me

Hydrologist, filmmaker, writer...and life's not over yet. Summer finds me in the great Northwest; winters on the Mexican Riviera.

favourite books

The Maltese Falcon, The Razor's Edge, Disgrace, Catch-22

my websites

http://www.pjreece.ca     http://www.pjreece.ca/blog/wordpress

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my books

I Swallowed a Saint

PJ Reece

A comedian tries to kill himself.


Conrad's wife is dying. To make amends for a life spent as a total narcissist, Conrad must pull out all the stops. "Swallowed" is about art heists and brain scans, about politically-incorrect sex and the cure for body dysmorphic disorder. It concerns the truths we bury beneath our oh-so-precious principles, and about discovering that having a soul mate means ‘to finally have someone to die for’. The fly on the wall can be excused for thinking that it’s about a man who has paced backstage his entire life, heckled to the brink of death by the question: Am I funny?

 

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miacia7 wrote 289 days ago

This is my first book, the death of my son gave me the strength to st....

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Hello My name is miss Jelin, i am looking for a new friend i saw you....

Davidmauriceware wrote 440 days ago

Hello fellow Authors and readers. I was sitting here trying to think ....

verabeko wrote 450 days ago

Hi, I am Vera! please how are you! hope you are fine and in perfect ....

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I wrote 468 days ago

Thanks for reading... re "dreary", yes, can't get much drearier than dying. BUT... the situation gets less dreary all the time, to my protagonist's dismay. I'll take a look your book. Cheers. view book

I wrote 468 days ago

Christine... here's my honest reaction: are you ready? I think you should write this book as fast as you can, do the best job you can, and move on to some other genre. In my opinion, your writing is better than most writers your age. I can't explain it, but I think you could write a "serious" boo... view book

I wrote 469 days ago

Bob... your writing is good and clean and clear. You've developed the kid as a sympathetic character, for sure. There's only one thing wrong in my opinion... the story isn't set up as a work of literature. Even as a memoir, it should be framed up as a tale with significance. The reader needs som... view book

I wrote 469 days ago

Warrick... thanks for taking a look. I've never had so much fun writing a character as I had with "Conrad". I didn't know I was writing a work of humour until somebody pointed it out, sometime in the early going. It was easy from there on. Cheers. view book

I wrote 470 days ago

I'm not a big fan of historical fiction. So, I'm a tough sell. But your "voice" is an accomplishment, I'd say. The story covers a lot of ground in short order. I'm inclined to read on past the first chapter, on the basis of finding out how this dubious character is going to further screw up his ... view book

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