A Beautiful Home for the Incurable - Walker, Ian
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Start with an agoraphobe, a narcoleptic, a temporary amnesiac, and an apraxic who cannot perform physical actions upon request, add a ruthless identity thief with a taste for fine food and you get a raucous comedy that explores both the idiosyncrasies of human nature and the power of love. Bunny Temple is an agoraphobe living in New York. Once a week he organizes a gathering of his friends, each of whom has been relegated to the sidelines of society. What makes this get-together different is that Bunny has become the victim of an identity theft that has left him penniless and on the verge of…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Start with an agoraphobe, a narcoleptic, a temporary amnesiac, and an apraxic who cannot perform physical actions upon request, add a ruthless identity thief with a taste for fine food and you get a raucous comedy that explores both the idiosyncrasies of human nature and the power of love. Bunny Temple is an agoraphobe living in New York. Once a week he organizes a gathering of his friends, each of whom has been relegated to the sidelines of society. What makes this get-together different is that Bunny has become the victim of an identity theft that has left him penniless and on the verge of expulsion from the safe harbor of his apartment. When the four decide to find the thief themselves, the amateur sleuths end up with more than they had bargained for. The NJ Star Ledger described A Beautiful Home as "endearing" and "winsome". The Alameda Star Ledger declared "This one is a winner!" "An empathetic, witty look [that] finds the humor in the relationships of four well-drawn characters", writes the Montclair Times. And The Mountainview Voice called A Beautiful Home "nothing less than side-splitting." Praise for Three Plays: Vigilance, Ghost in the Light, and The Stone Trilogy by Ian Walker "A riveting, emotional journey. stunning." ~ Wanda Sabir, The San Francisco Bay View (The Stone Trilogy) "A unheralded little gem. terrific writing. Adventuresome and compelling." ~ Douglas Gordy, Slant Magazine (Ghost in the Light)
Autorenporträt
Ian Walker splits his time across two related worlds. By day, he is an environmental psychologist at the University of Bath, specialising in transport choices, traffic safety, energy consumption and water use. As you will see from his textbooks, he also teaches research methods and statistics at a whole range of levels from entry-level introductions up to doctoral level. Ian's professional interest in clean transport and traffic safety also extends into his personal life, where he takes part in ultradistance bicycle racing - an activity explored in his new book Endless Perfect Circles. This introduces readers to the extraordinary world of nonstop bicycle races that last for weeks at a time. It goes on to describe how Ian won a tough 4300-kilometre cycle race before breaking the Guinness World Record for the fastest ever bicycle crossing of Europe.