Rule by proxy: A novel

Ducker, Bruce

Crown, Publishers

Bankroll

Literature & Fiction

United States

E.P.Dutton

Lead Us Not into Penn Station

E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd

<li>Finalist in the 2009 Colorado Book Awards16 short stories about fly fishing:
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<li>The Specter at Grizzly Hackle</li>
<li>Ute Creek Pass</li>
<li>Tying the Whip Finish</li>
<li>For the Sport of It</li>
<li>The View from Buffalo Mountain</li>
<li>The Home Pool</li>
<li>Plus 10 moreSixteen short stories evoke the passion of fly fishing and those who are entranced by the waters. Ducker dedicates this collection to his favorite "uncounted mountain lakes and twice as many unnamed streams" where he finds the inspiration for his fiction. His colorful characters include a cantankerous old man who refuses to leave his home and brings the sophisticated city developers to their knees, a young wife who outfishes and outsmarts the staid "good old boys" fishing club, a Hassidic scholar who astounds his fishing companions with his beginner's luck, and a father who can only understand his son when they share a rare afternoon of trout fishing. The enchantment of the water and the land fill these stories and remind readers of the magic of fishing their own home pools.
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Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions

Stackpole Books

Failure at the Mission Trust

Distributed by Kampmann

Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel

This satirical comedy takes place in Aspen, Colorado, second home to billionaires and corporate titans, as well as the ski bums and service staff who keep the town running. Waddy Brush, a young computer programmer, stumbles into a new life in Aspen, falling in with Mortimer Dooberry, a best-selling author/psychologist who lives from scam to scam. Thus begins a story with many twists and unforgettable characters at every turn: a pink-Hummer-driving oil queen, a vacuous heir to a toilet maker's fortune, a cocaine-sniffing rock star, and many more. At stake is the development of the last unspoiled valley in Aspen and a get-rich-quick scheme that pushes the limits of ethics in the Information Age. A clever and entertaining read, Dizzying Heights reaches the satisfying conclusion that good guys don't have to finish last.

Humor & Satire

Fulcrum+ Publishing

Bloodlines

Permanent Pr Pub Co

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Marital Assets demonstrates that there remain subtle ways to have a love affair. Its theme is passion, a theme dramatized through an unlikely protagonist: a man full of heat but a constricted emotional vocabulary.
Two couples of the American leisure class meet on holiday. The Merediths have visited this particular Caribbean club for years. A schedule change places Charles Meredith, a New York estate lawyer, and his wife on the same golf green as the Abbotts. Through her family, Claudia Abbott has inherited considerable wealth. Claudia considers challenging the terms of the trust, and Charles Meredith counsels her on her predicament, first on the beach and later in Aspen, where the couples have planned a reunion.
In Aspen, they expand their group to five, and the circles of love and resentment pile up like quoits. As Charles, a man of lyric but thwarted sensibilities, helps Claudia to resolve her dilemma, his confronts his own.
While the plot carries Ducker’s fourth novel, point of view remains a principal concern. The narrative emerges from slightly refracted angles—diary entries and the viewpoint of the novelist. This double vision reveals Charles Meredith as an unreliable but sympathetic diarist. The effect is powerful, and reinforces the critics’ praise of Ducker’s earlier fiction: “In its sophistication, moral complexity, and worldwide sadness, readers may be reminded of Marquand and Auchincloss.”

Marital Assets

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