"Shades of Luz" is a Stunning Debut Novel

Sept. 28, 2009 - PRLog -- Shades of Luz is a tour de force. It's face-paced, sublimely original, and heartfelt. The quirky cast of characters keeps on coming. They are painted with such keen brushstrokes you will see them traipsing into your neighborhood. Grad school dropout Benny Fluke goes from stuffed animal peddler to thumb-wrestling champ. He is a monkey trainer, philosopher, wine snob, and a strip club connoisseur. Above and beyond all that, he is a romantic at heart and is desperate to win the love of Luz, the hot-blooded, ambitious beauty who keeps boomeranging into his life. Something from Luz's past inextricably bonds them together, and Benny will not stop until she is his. Their delightful repartee is crisp, witty, and sumptuously engaging.

"A coming-of-age story that is refreshing to read because it is empty of dysfunctional characters."

Weam Namou, author of "The Feminine Art" and "The Mismatched Braid"

"With a happy facility for words... John Gorman shapes "Shades of Luz" into an antic, frantic, cockeyed search for love and meaning. This wonderfully odd story introduces us to a marvelously inventive universe with tough guys, loony broads, jazz-playing monkeys and surprises that can change our lives."

Karen Heuler, author of "The Soft Room"  

Before John's stories made it into print he snapped the Eyesore of the Week for the Queens Ledger. His work has appeared in Mississippi Review, Circle Magazine, The Rose & Thorn, Monkeybicycle, RiverSedge, The Shore, Nexus, Plum Ruby Review, and elsewhere. In 2003, his screenplay "For the Love of Auntie" won the NY International Independent Film and Video writing competition. His Paper Cut blog keeps tabs on the world of writing, pop culture, and all the cracks in between.

http://www.shadesofluz.com

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Writer of novels and short stories. Creator of Paper Cut blog focusing on the writing world, pop culture and the many cracks in between.