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Broken glass flows like water. Mar 02, 2004
Geoff Peterson tells a story as jagged as broken glass in a voice that flows like water.
Stillness trickles. Torrents surge. Falls dash on rocks. Miasmata rise in mists of memories.
Mothers, exes, lovers, daughters, Pirates, Dads, lives and deaths. Bad Trades all.
An masterful mix of psychic honesty, poetic genius and narrative force.
Perhaps (ahem) a literary isomorph of a gifted mind's life.
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Nights Beneath the Lightbulb Dec 10, 2003
Bad Trades enshrouds wisdom like fog in front of the moon or a sheet covering a lightbulb leaking brilliance little by little so that the thought provoking content will never evanesce. It is about a man who has lost everything, and is struggling to put down a twenty year old bottle of beer. Bad Trades is "the perfect note." Peterson says it all without saying too much. If you like contemporary American literature, you will love Bad Trades. Bad Trades is one of the basic texts.
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Goodbye Wyoming Dec 10, 2003
Best read 'Round Midnight, Bad Trades writhes with more effusiveness than the darkest of Miles' standards. In it Peterson stumbles through the miasma that is existence and discovers that memories of ex's and idols can haunt more deeply than any spectral entity. It reaches deep within the heart and intellect to create feelings and thoughts too often forgotten in our "well-adjusted" world. Like the basic texts of Gershin, Ellington, and the Essenes, Bad Trades is a necessity of everyman's library.
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Pure Genius Sep 28, 2003
Bad Trades is like quicksand. You know reading it will kill you but there is no escaping it. For those who wish to live, I suggest doing so vicariously through one of my favorite literary works, Bad Trades. Geoff Peterson's approach to this book is brilliant. This novel is page upon page of mind-altering poetry and quotes masked in a narrative facade. Bad Trades should be on every library shelf and in every home.
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We All Have Our Dragons Aug 03, 2001
Harry's a mess---he sleeps on his friend's couch, has a dead-end job as a tv-radio station security guard, his ex-wife makes his life miserable, he's hopelessly in love with a married woman, and the publishing world doesn't recognize that he's the next Ernest Hemingway. Amidst all this angst, he's got to stay sober and sane enough to live in an insane world. Miles Davis and a desperate hope that China has all the answers provide only temporary respite. Can it get much worse? Oh, yes. Harry's got to slay some dragons that he never, ever thought would lumber his way.You may not be able to put this book down, because as messed up as Harry is, you'll see yourself everywhere. This is the quintessential quest tale, and God knows, we're all on a quest whether we like it or not.
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