John Enright crafts prose deeply informed by his extensive experiences in the South Pacific, focusing on themes of environmental, cultural, and historical preservation. His unique perspective stems from decades spent living and working in the region, fostering a profound appreciation for its heritage. Enright's writing, encompassing essays, stories, and poems, reflects a dedicated engagement with the forces that shape our world. His work is celebrated for its distinctive voice and compelling insights into the human relationship with place and tradition.
The collection features a diverse range of poems exploring themes such as love, family, politics, art, and Objectivism. Known for his unique style, John Enright combines personal insights with broader societal reflections, making each piece resonate with readers on multiple levels. His signature rhyming technique adds a playful yet thoughtful touch to the exploration of these varied subjects.
A city, three lives, four decades, poems, drugs, booze, hippies, love, lust, loss-- just keep moving. Some relationships linger across decades and continents, no mater how much individuals change. The links between Patrick, Joanna, Daisy, and San Francisco, though stretched, never snap. San Francisco and the Bay Area are at the heart of this story about three lives evolving over 40 years. When Patrick discovers San Francisco in the summer before the Summer of Love, he is old enough to be drafted for Vietnam, but too young to buy beer. His innocence extends from women to psychedelics. The city will tutor him. Joanna is a Bolinas poet, Daisy her 10-year-old daughter. In a world of lost families, they invent a simulacrum. The city is not just streets and seascapes, but events and the people drawn to and shaped by it. It is North Beach and the Mothers of Invention, City Lights Bookstore and LSD, Hammett's after-midnight fog and the Golden Gate. Patrick leaves and returns, leaves and returns to his default base. Patrick, Joanna, and Daisy-- their histories are entwined with the history of the city. Those were perilous, shifting times, and they rowed their boat through the heart of them.
Set against the backdrop of a Caribbean island, Thor Johnson's seemingly peaceful assignment of training guard dogs quickly spirals into chaos as he confronts a dangerous religious cult with outdated family ideals. The cult's internal jealousy and intrigue ensnare him, complicating matters further when a captivating dancer arrives, igniting rivalry among the men. Thor finds himself in a battle for survival, grappling with the turmoil within as he navigates this treacherous environment and the conflict over his own identity.