Journey [Paperback]

Carter Monroe (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: 1st Book Library (January 20, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0759600929
• ISBN-13: 978-0759600928
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,658,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars COMING OF AGE IN THE PROVINCES, March 9, 2001

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Tim Peeler "tpeeler" (Hickory, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey (Paperback)

This first novel by Eastern North Carolinian Carter Monroe (pen name) further establishes the truth that this is the writers' state.

In JOURNEY, Monroe leads the reader through 48 hours in the life of his sensitive protagonist, Eddie Watson. Watson, the victim of a ruthlessly manipulative father, hitchhikes out of town for the weekend and by chance encounters the early 70's drug/subculture in a way that he had not expected.

The centerpiece for the novel is perhaps the most accurate description I have seen of an LSD trip. Watson's experience becomes a doorway to a better understanding of himself and his future. This is a rare look at the intellectual side of the psychedelic adventure.

Monroe draws his characters unpretentiously and holds the reader to the page with an unflinching desire for realism. Only the dialogue is a little weak, but one will find that the power of the writing grows as the book advances, and that the Bukowski-esque father and son scenes are indeed riveting.