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Tush: A Novel
After his zodiac chart is read by a great psychic, Joel Eisenberg studies astrology and becomes the most famous media queen in the field. The author of a best-selling book and a nationally syndicated radio show regular, Joel manages to parlay his intuitive skills, gift for gab, and unbridled shamelessness by getting all the cute guys home for a reading and convincing them to expose their rear ends for a dose of 'chakra balancing.'
But now it's 1997. There are no more phone calls and Joel is publicly humiliated on his radio show. Believing that he should travel north to meet the soul mate who's been predicted for him, Joel goes to Cape Cod. Looking for a man who "paints houses," Joel moves into the home of Dennis Fairchild, a successful artist with a stupendous rear end. What Joel doesn't realize is that his real soul mate is probably Bill Doyle, the 'house painter' living in Dennis's backyard, fixing up the artist's home, drinking heavily, and still communicating with his deceased lover.
A comic tale of karmic redemption, Tush shows that when we're foolishly pursuing the wrong goals, the universe wisely knows how to make us suffer for our stupidity.
But now it's 1997. There are no more phone calls and Joel is publicly humiliated on his radio show. Believing that he should travel north to meet the soul mate who's been predicted for him, Joel goes to Cape Cod. Looking for a man who "paints houses," Joel moves into the home of Dennis Fairchild, a successful artist with a stupendous rear end. What Joel doesn't realize is that his real soul mate is probably Bill Doyle, the 'house painter' living in Dennis's backyard, fixing up the artist's home, drinking heavily, and still communicating with his deceased lover.
A comic tale of karmic redemption, Tush shows that when we're foolishly pursuing the wrong goals, the universe wisely knows how to make us suffer for our stupidity.
- GenresLGBT
300 pages, Paperback
First published August 9, 2006
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December 3, 2011
Tush is a zany little story about eccentric, zodiac chart reading, Joel Eisenberg. While Joel is pretty good at reading the astrologic charts of those who come to him, his fixation for male tush has earned him the reputation of being the ass-trologer. Joel has done quite well for himself having finished a book and made multiple television appearances; however, he is on the backside of his fame and needs something to gain him some addition notoriety and a paycheck. Joel finds himself on a bus to Provincetown with one of the finest tushes he's seen in a while, I mean to say, young Lucas Allison. Lucas of course has his own agenda of finding Oscar, meeting up with him and his troupe, and ditching the astrologer. This is where the story begins to spin out of control.
Despite the heartbreak from Lucas, Joel ends up finding another fine tush and will stop at nothing to get it. He becomes a man obsessed-manipulating people, drugging some of them, and ends up burning a house to the ground. Truely, 'all's well that ends well' sums up this novel. Enjoy!
Despite the heartbreak from Lucas, Joel ends up finding another fine tush and will stop at nothing to get it. He becomes a man obsessed-manipulating people, drugging some of them, and ends up burning a house to the ground. Truely, 'all's well that ends well' sums up this novel. Enjoy!
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