Global Warming: A Novel

by Antonio J. Hopson

Julian is aworkaholic-romantic who returns to school to take a course which examines thenuances of global warming. What hedoesn't expect, on his very first day, is to fall for the stunningly beautiful Allison,a twenty-year-old student in his class.

As a delicate relationshipslowly develops between the two, and Julian believes that he is falling inlove, his hopes are suddenly and cruelly dashed with the revelation thatAllison is engaged and soon to be married.

But Julian isn't the kind of guy who gives up without a fight and he sets out to seduce Allison, risking all,including his job, to impress her and win her for himself. During a final exam, dressed as a dictator, he reads a treaty on the social economics of climate change, threaded with stanzas from a divine poem written centuries ago by Sappho.

Allison is certainly impressed by his courtship and his tenacity. But even with Julian's cynical friend by his side, helping him every step of the way, will it be enough to persuade her to change her mind about getting married?And even if she does, is Julian the right man for her.

284 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 16

About the author

Antonio (AJ) Hopson honed his skills writing speculative fiction, flash fiction and essays. His stories have been widely published: Quiet Shorts Magazine, Letter X, Creation, The Wonder Boy Review, Ascent, 20 Dissidents and Old Growth Journal, The Harrow Magazine, Monongahela Review, The Subterranean Quarterly, OutCry Magazine, Lost Magazine, The Angler, The Piker Press and also NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu's Exquisite Corpse Magazine. He has received Farmhouse Magazine's Reader's Choice award and performed as a featured author at Seattle's Richard Hugo House. As a performer and panelist, he has appeared at Seattle's Rainbow Bookfest. In 2008 he was selected to participate in Evergreen College's Literary Conference on "Activism and the Avant-Garde" and in 2009 he was an EPPIE Award Finalist. Please visit AntonioHopson.com to see what he is up to these days.

Reviews

[Joe Vitucci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many items about global warning hidden here seem to be a subterfuge for the more interesting part of the story, which is a thirty something man falling for a twenty year old college student. Their paths cross in class, and that's how things start. The man is a science teacher wannabe author and must have some continuing education hours every year, so he takes a class in Global Warming. The woman is ready to meet her lover after this last class. Her lover has been in Paris for the last year.
And, is all the yearning only for a story that the science teacher would make a good story from?
Coffee?

Read the book and you'll know what that means.