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Hell on Wheels (High Risk Books)

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Hell on Wheels is unforgettable. The realistic and compelling portrayals of the characters, the insights into relationships, and the combination of the usual and unusual make this novel unforgettable. Reading this novel changed my perceptions not just of the disabled, but of love relationships: Weiss knows how to convey the power of lust, attachment, rivalry and aggression in all important connections. Weiss is a wonderful novelist and I highly recommend reading this, and his other novels!

Weiss achieves difficult combination of unlikable charachters with sympathetic plights. Hell on Wheels makes you think about your dark side, about what you would do and what you would forgive. Not to mention, it's entertaining as hell. Weiss is a master.

Originally published several years ago, this is the story of a man recalling through therapy of sculpture how he became wheelchair bound and his feelings on being a disabled athlete. Very funny and rather sad in places, anyone who enjoyed his Roaches Have No King (a.k.a. Unnatural Selection) book will enjoy it.

See pass the inconvenience of wheelchair life, the Inner Light, whether or not is clear to the owner himself, is the source of power, the reason to survive and the driven force to find forgiveness and happiness in life. The story may be fictional, the soul is not. This is a story of Light, shining through the darkness of reality all around.