Double Bound (Tales from Ballena Beach)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.91 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0982555024 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Then, of course, there will be the third and final installment in the Jeremy and Arthur trilogy. Nolan’s growth and confidence as a storyteller. But the trip to Brazil isn’t all sun and fun; they run into a lot of trouble once they get there.Eric Arvin: Like what? Nick Nolan: Let’s just say this story is loosely based on Jack and the Beanstalk. Nick Nolan: I was completely self-supporting during college, and instead of taking out loans I worked full time. Double Bound has a lot of autobiographical material in it. There is a darker feel to this novel, which not only adds depth to the characters but highlights Mr. My imagination got a great workout during my teens; if there’d been an Olympics for day dreamers, I would’ve won numerous gold medals. This sequel displays the same wit, verve, style, and sense of adventure that were so engaging and fresh in Strin
Nick Nolan was born and raised in Los Angeles, the city he has haunted for over two decades. Nick, his partner and their two beloved dogs divide their time between their home in the San Fernando Valley and their cabin high in the mountains of California. Inspired by the works of writers like Armistead Maupin, Paul Russell, and Paul Monette, he
There is a darker feel to this novel, which not only adds depth to the characters but highlights Mr. However, there’s an added element this time out—the stakes are higher, the repercussions more dire, and the choices harder and more consequential. And where Strings Attached playfully alluded to Pinocchio, Double Bound has fun with the Jack and the Beanstalk fable.Just as Strings Attached was Jeremy’s story, Double Bound is Arthur’s, exploring his troubled relationship with disapproving parents and his precarious years as a troubled Marine. 2007 Reader Views Readers Choice Award Winner in Gay & Lesbian Fiction2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Winner in Gay & Lesbian FictionNick Nolan’s Double Bound reunites us with many of the characters introduced in his delightful Strings Attached: Jeremy, now in a committed relationship with fun-loving, hotheaded Carlo; Arthur, Jeremy’s protector, confidant, and mentor; and Katharine, Jeremy’s wealthy benefact
"Nolan is creating his future" according to Jonathan Taylor. I enjoyed Nick Nolan's first book. He is a newcomer--and finding his way as a writer. It is exciting to read the second book--I couldn't put it down--and see where he has taken the characters (or where they came from). Years ago I couldn't get enough gay fiction, but as I matured I found the perspective of most gay centric writers either juvenile or depressed, longing for their youth. In this book we questi. "Entertaining book of a young gay man coming of age" according to GreenEyes. This was an entertaining book that had a few weaknesses. There should have been more development of the bad guy, his uncle. His villany was practically passed over, barely gone into at all. He was never the hovering darkness in the young man's life that he should have been. And the development of the manservent was weak in this book though it was gone into in depth in the sequel but more of how he lived and. MB said Fascinating storytelling with shades of Pedro Almodovar. Nick Nolan's sequel to "Strings Attached" delivers on telling a great story that continues Jeremy, Carlo and Arthur's evolution, and surpasses the prequel with film-worthy suspense, bizarre adventure, and emotional conflict.Nolan's fast-paced writing and deft gift for description are well implemented; this is another well thought out page-turner with just enough descriptive texture and nuance to bring the s