W. D. Benson

Broschiertes Buch

Without the Burden of Sanity: The Adventures of Wilson Doorstaff and the Cave of Gold

Beschreibung

Humor abounds. Imagine rustic Arkansas. Five charming and exceedingly eccentric characters embark upon a hilarious and dangerous subterranean quest for treasure. Two characters are quite sane. One is utterly hapless, one is urbane, hapless and thoroughly insane, and the final character is insane in a "rustic" sort of way. Imagine H. D. Thoreau drunk and lost in the woods... Something like that... While attempting a dangerous quest for treasure, one character is being sought by Loan Sharks and the other by Detectives. High powered fan. You know precisely what's always hitting fans.. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. This hilarious book reveals how the crumbling lives of the wealthy and the steadfast lives of the rural clash in every way. Two best friends from very different worlds unite to hunt within the inky-blackness, the horror of underground Arkansas. Oh, and the two sane Characters fall in love. If you're looking for laughs, here's your dark humor and bits of what hit the fan on a polished salver.

Autor

Wes Benson, >Wes Benson is a Kansas-City-based oil painter. Wes has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City and a bachelors degree in art history from KU, the University of Kansas. He works out of his studio in the Bauer building in the Crossroads district of Kansas City. Wes is in his sixth year of recovery from alcoholism and opioid abuse (Vodka and OxyContin). He runs an AA group called Freethinkers, leads three meetings a week >Wes's artwork hangs on walls and in private collections across the U.S. Wes stubbornly paints whatever he wants to paint. His artistic philosophy is guided exclusively by the daily visual input of his own life. His work is intended to be semi-autobiographical, euphoric, luminous, and optimistic. His artwork has been featured in 435 magazine, The Hills magazine, Leawood magazine and has produced artwork for the Mensa Bulletin, ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Illustrations for multiple magazines. His oil paintings have been shown at Weinberger Fine Art, Leawood Fine Art, Eva Reynold's Fine Art, the Leedy-Voulkos, Art Center, and Flock Salon. Wes Benson is a major Paleontological enthusiast. Meaning he actually digs up dinosaurs. >His Dinosaur adventures have landed Wes on "CBS Sunday Morning" with Martha Teichner, and now in a major BBC Documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough called "Dinosaurs: the Final Day" Wes Lives with his wife and dog in Kansas City. His upcoming book is entitled: "Float Trip Heist" featuring the same insane characters and a few new ones!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 142mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781667849461
• ISBN-10: 1667849468
• Artikelnr.: 64366337