A weekend of river fishing, the impending Iraqi war, global warming, scandal in the Catholic Church, the Israel-Palestinian problem, familial gossip, middle-age neuroses, the plight of single dads, cheap labor gone south, the origins of saviors, contempt for the 401K Generation. These topics and more are discussed in dialogue and presented in dramatic format in Ohio River Dialogues by William Zink. Set in the summer of 2002 after 9/11, as the U.S. government considers war with Iraq, an ex-hippie, two software dropouts, and a Steady Eddie convene for a weekend of fishing, drinking, and fraternal debate. Pandora's Box opens wide for the unadulterated, unedited sparring of ideas and fraternal dominance. Four men go at it, leaving no white elephant unidentified, permitting no unclothed emperor to pass without howls of laughter, and no bounds of propriety left uncrossed. There are no sacred cows in the freewheeling minds of dreamers, as there are none in the souls of these beaten-down warriors -- for they have seen love blossom in the historic flourish that was the 60's, watched as it was ground into meal for the disco dancing and empire coasting of the 70's, and pondered ever since what good has been taken and what lessons learned as we now enter an undetermined new phase of American culture and influence. The collective soul of a nation is mirrored in the bumbling, boasting, beautiful voices of four ordinary men. Ohio River Dialogues is Huck Finn with some ganja in his pocket, a Gibson over his shoulder, and world destruction in the back of his mind. . . times four.
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Blood, water, and the high lonesome sound of late night guitars; Ohio River Dialogues is a twisted, bumpy ride that shouldn't be missed. --Michael Stanley of MSB
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William Zink is the author of two previous novels, The Hole and Ballad of the Confessor, as well as several books of poetry.
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