an odd boy – Volume 1
by Doc Togden
Description
Volume one of an odd boy is a memoire of an eccentric aficionado of Bach and Blues, poetry and painting. A portrait of the artist as a lad, set in the experimental cultural ferment of the late 1960s. It is a coming-of-age adventure, both surreal and innocent, humorous and poignant, depicting an era when the Arts set a generation’s imagination on fire. The author’s life is a rare roulette wheel of childhood wonder and tragic debacles; a debilitating stammer and a powerful singing voice; bad luck and fierce good fortune. At 16 he’s travelled far in human experience from the midnight expedition he made to the crossroads at the age of 12.
Quotations
Ladies are splendid magical beings like unicorns, albatrosses, owls, or flying fish. They hit the surface of reality like whales surging up from a hundred fathoms. They’re suddenly there—sparkling like the very Christmas tree at the end of time—decked out with every delight imaginable. Ladies are Art. Not in the demeaning objectified sense sans personality – but radiant presences residing in the space of life.
— Doc Togden
Read excerpts at anoddboy.com
Reviews
… like all the beautiful love stories I've ever read in a few
paragraphs. Incredibly touching. The love and daring of a young boy
in search of the Muse at an age when all dreams can be made real and
the joy of art lives in the heart and doesn't boggle the mind.
— Sugar Blue
Availability
Format: ebook, ISBN: 978-1-898185-22-2, Published: 2018-04-19 :: Lulu : Amazon UK : Amazon US : Apple : Barnes & Noble US : Blackwells UK : Others Worldwide
Format: paperback, ISBN: 978-1-898185-20-8, Published: 2011-07-16 :
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