McGill

Your Winding Daybreak Ways #5

by Gary Bargatze

When Andrew returns to his Taylor family roots in Magnolia County, Tennessee, to attend graduate school, he unexpectedly finds himself at the very center of the burgeoning American existentialist movement and facing painful choices of both head and heart. He walks the Pantheon University campus among the giants of the 1950's movement--the novelist, Walter Talley; the sensual poet, Donald Sanders; the avant-garde dramatist, Jeffrey Kline; and Kline's tempestuous lover, Bianca, the alluring Portuguese poetess. But within months of arriving on campus, Andrew's association with Bianca threatens to destroy his promising academic career and his relationship with his first love, Catherine. This fifth book in the ten-part Your Winding Daybreak Ways series begins where author Gary Bargatze's fourth novel, Hollow Rock, leaves off. It follows this young scholar's decades-long descent into hell and his subsequent heroic climb out seeking professional success and redemption.

300 pages, Paperback

Published May 3, 2016

About the author

Gary Bargatze is the author of Warfield, Happy Hollow, Hurricane Creek, Hollow Rock, McGill, Cabedelo, Thunderwood, and Babylon, the eight works in the critically acclaimed ten-part fictional series, Your Winding Daybreak Ways, comprised of a prologue, epilogue, seven novels and a novella. Mr. Bargatze divides his time between Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Berkshires of Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Sheila Keenan · Rating 5 out of 5]

McGill sequel to Gary Bargatze's 4th novel, Hollow Rock, from his "Your Winding Daybreak Ways" ten-part series, follows the protagonist , Andrew Taylor, an aspiring 1950's academic through his own existential struggle. Beguiled by the alluring poetess, Bianca, Andrew submits to his passion. Subsequently, he abandons both his career and his first love to follow and support Bianca as she travels the country to promote her poetry. Ultimately, their love is never realized. Perhaps, a fatal attraction? Alone and forlorn, Andrew reverts to the world of academia only to discover that life still challenges. Most significant, he discovers the secret fruit of his first love...

Filled with intrigue, passion, and heartache, McGill, through Andrew, cleverly juxtaposes the pangs of the heart with the practicality of the mind. McGill teases its readers with insights into the meaning/purpose of life, but ultimately leaves querying, feeling, and yearning for more...You will ask: What is the meaning of life? What is your individual responsibility? Read Mr. Bargatze's McGill. And you may just find out. I know I did!

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A deeply human, tender book. Beautifully written.

[Priscilla Pellett · Rating 5 out of 5]

The characters in all of Mr. Bargatze's books are fascinating and take the reader on a adventurous journey. You will not be disappointed in his 5th novel, McGill. The reader is introduced to Andrew, an English Professor at Pantheon University, Catherine, and Bianca. Andrew reconnects with Catherine, his first love. When he meets Bianca, his life and career change as he falls passionately in love with her. Mr. Bargatze is a skilled writer who has the ability to intertwine all of his characters in each of his novels. In McGill, I was anxiously waiting to see how the lives of Andrew, Catherine, and Bianca change in each chapter. Bravo Mr. Bargatze in writing another wonderful book!

[Csimplot Simplot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book!!!!