{"product_id":"stumblebum-waytes-glenn-carley-9781772443486","title":"Stumblebum Waytes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA man retires, afflicted by an undisclosed illness. As he recovers and grows stronger, he learns to separate fevers from dreams and dreams from reality. In his quest for meaning and under the light of several moons, he forms a band of rustic serenaders called Stumblebum Waytes, whose sole purpose is to play for small gratuities in the Village of Blight. A new calculus forms and the protagonist, Billy Hornpipe, dispenses with purpose and meaning. Free of fever, he chooses to live one day at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStumblebum Waytes\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of retirement psychology, dreams, un-reality, reality, and ideals besot by fevers. An unintentional sequel to the author's earlier work, \u003cem\u003eJimmy Crack Corn: A Novel in C Minor\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStumblebum Waytes\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about something and a story about nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR GLENN CARLEY'S PREVIOUS NOVEL, JIMMY CRACK CORN: A NOVEL IN C MINOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The author presents a biographical account in a very different manner than I have ever read before. It moves from external action to internal thought. It gyrates from the present to the past and back again to the present. It about a real person and real events, yet 'Jimmy the Bleeder', 'Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion', 'Fizzy'and 'Bumbo' are universal. The towns of 'Oncewuz' and 'Neverwuz' arouse both pain and nostalgia in the protagonist and the reader. The 'Charred City' introduces both despair and hope. The author uses prose skillfully and adds poetry and even musical chords.... Reading this novel can be painful but it is ultimately hopeful and very human as the protagonist \"learns to be very good at something he never intended to do.\" ---Mark Creedon, author of \u003cem\u003eTwo Hearts in Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCaught Between Two Devils\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Carley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1772443484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772443486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rock's Mills Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Glenn Carley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873816555775,"sku":"9781772443486","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stumblebum-waytes-glenn-carley-9781772443486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}