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goliath.tmp: a memoir
Goliath is dying. Every day, he calls across to his enemies; and every night, he tells his tale. He is the last of his kind, and his has been forsaken by all around him. He has lost his Endora. He has lost his David. He is lost. He kills and tells and ... slowly dies. The writing is on the wall, it is on the page, it is on the screen in text messages. Be told a story...
298 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2013
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About the author
Jeremy Davies
16 books91 followersJeremy Davies is made of ink, but don’t dip a feather in him. It tickles. He once painted a fingernail black and no one really noticed. He was disappointed.
He’s also an editor, a religious atheist, a liker of strong coffees, a Shakespeare-lover, a political anarchist and someone who rarely has a pen when he needs one. He has been a PhD candidate, a personal trainer, a life model, a bouncer, an infantry soldier and someone who rarely had a pen when he needed one.
He has had words published in a variety of places, in a variety of publications, in a variety of forms, in a variety of moments: Canada, Wet Ink, SMS and twelve minutes past three in the afternoon being some of these.
His first novel Missing Presumed Undead will be re-published by Satalyte Publishing in February 2014, with more to be written.
He’s also an editor, a religious atheist, a liker of strong coffees, a Shakespeare-lover, a political anarchist and someone who rarely has a pen when he needs one. He has been a PhD candidate, a personal trainer, a life model, a bouncer, an infantry soldier and someone who rarely had a pen when he needed one.
He has had words published in a variety of places, in a variety of publications, in a variety of forms, in a variety of moments: Canada, Wet Ink, SMS and twelve minutes past three in the afternoon being some of these.
His first novel Missing Presumed Undead will be re-published by Satalyte Publishing in February 2014, with more to be written.
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January 7, 2014
Goliath is tired. He is slowly dying. He wants to preserve his life story before he rests his head for the last time. Thus every night, for 30 nights, he sits in his tent and tells his tale to a different scribe. So we follow him on a journey through his life, chapter by chapter, to the inevitable end.
I loved this book. It portrays the story of David and Goliath and their relationship in a different light and from a different perspective. I have always liked the idea of ‘rooting for the underdog’ and this book does just that. It challenges the view that David was ‘the good guy’, the hero, and Goliath not just deserved, but needed to be slain. It puts a new and modern spin on an ancient story. Don’t let the religious aspect deter you, though. I describe myself as an atheist, yet could not put the book down; there is so much more to it.
Stylistically it is challenging. To represent the different scribes, every chapter is written in a distinct literary style, which ranges from Canaaist to postmodernist, to name only a couple. Consequently you have to continually readjust how you approach the reading of the book, which adds another fantastic nuance to the many layers.
This book is unlike any other I have ever read. It does not fit into any category, any genre. It is different and unexpected and challenging. This is not an old idea rehashed; a story we have heard a thousand times, where, aside from new character names and changed locations, it is still the same old, same old. I want more books like this.
Is this book ‘out there’, as the author put it? Perhaps. Is it strange? Maybe. Is it worth a read? Absolutely!
I loved this book. It portrays the story of David and Goliath and their relationship in a different light and from a different perspective. I have always liked the idea of ‘rooting for the underdog’ and this book does just that. It challenges the view that David was ‘the good guy’, the hero, and Goliath not just deserved, but needed to be slain. It puts a new and modern spin on an ancient story. Don’t let the religious aspect deter you, though. I describe myself as an atheist, yet could not put the book down; there is so much more to it.
Stylistically it is challenging. To represent the different scribes, every chapter is written in a distinct literary style, which ranges from Canaaist to postmodernist, to name only a couple. Consequently you have to continually readjust how you approach the reading of the book, which adds another fantastic nuance to the many layers.
This book is unlike any other I have ever read. It does not fit into any category, any genre. It is different and unexpected and challenging. This is not an old idea rehashed; a story we have heard a thousand times, where, aside from new character names and changed locations, it is still the same old, same old. I want more books like this.
Is this book ‘out there’, as the author put it? Perhaps. Is it strange? Maybe. Is it worth a read? Absolutely!
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