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W W GOSS

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Wayne Goss, a meme-less novelist lacking both best sellers and literary awards, writes to entertain and delight friends, family, and readers. Misadventures in business, philosophy, dance, climbing, and skiing color his oeuvre. He loves Shakespeare, 5.12, and wicked-fast snow; it drives him nuts to not know a dozen languages. He and his wonderful wife share a modest home a block from the beach in Manzanita, Oregon.

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Toes in Sand

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How I Learned French or Cer...

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I want him pissed off at politicians, ill at ease, trying to manipulate me into doing favors for him I would do anyway. I want him looking for his glasses, trying not to come, doing the dumb verb of journaling, getting spinach caught between canine and gum, berating my logorrhea, or my not staying mum. I don't want him at peace.”
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The telos of a good book is to achieve its purpose. Dead Money—a terrific page turner that tells two stories in parallel, one weighted toward action, one weighted toward character development—does just that. The murder mystery trope is satisfyingly a ...more
Toes in Sand by W W GOSS
" Sarah. I don’t have an editor, but if I did, I want it to be you! Thank you. —Wayne "
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" Patrick, thank you for thoughtful review. Yes, that sentence. It took three days to find it. Best, Wayne "
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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When I was reading "Infinite Jest" at an airport restaurant, my server gave me a knowing smile. She had read it as well. The smile acknowledged the fact that this book changes you. It changes how you think about yourself, others, and this crazy world ...more
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" I wanted to apologize to those readers who endured the typos in the first draft of Toes. A longtime friend, Jay Zebrowski, generously did the clean up ...more "
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Max Stonecrop, venture capitalist, and Federica Ratzow, a pre-med student and polyglot, meet on an overnight train to Venice and then re-connect seven years later when Stonecrop turns up as her patient at Universitätsspital, Zürich. As Stonecrop reco ...more
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This is a re-post by the author of the concluding sentence of a recent review by Kirkus Reviews. I didn’t see a way to post the review directly on Goodreads.

“A playful, postmodern potboiler set in a memorably off-beat Oregon town."
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Max Stonecrop, venture capitalist, and Federica Ratzow, a pre-med student and polyglot, meet on an overnight train to Venice and then re-connect seven years later when Stonecrop turns up as her patient at Universitätsspital, Zürich. As Stonecrop reco ...more
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“At least he
I want him pissed off at politicians, ill at ease, trying to manipulate me into doing favors for him I would do anyway. I want him looking for his glasses, trying not to come, doing the dumb verb of journaling, getting spinach caught between canine and gum, berating my logorrhea, or my not staying mum. I don't want him at peace.”
Karen Green, Bough Down

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