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The Unpleasant Poet
Danny Nixon is a randy poet; His life kinda sucks big time. Few would choose to undergo it, Yet from the slime he plucks a rhyme. Smoking and drinking fill his hours. Also pursuing those ladies coy. His charm seldom overpowers. They rarely toy with Danny boy. Then events get awfully dire, But Danny swears he’s not a crook. Will he perish in the mire? Have a look at this fun book.
235 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2017
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C.D. Payne
41 books171 followersAuthor and showman C.D. Payne was born in Akron, Ohio in 1949 (making him a contemporary of Richard Gere and Meryl Streep). He spent his early years in West Virginia and southern Ohio, moving back to Akron while still a mere tot.
He went to public schools in Akron, and then graduated from Harvard College, where he majored in history and participated in the annual spring riot. In 1971 he moved to California. During the next 25 years, he held over 50 jobs including newspaper editor, book publisher's assistant, proofreader, trailer park handyman, and catalog writer.
Since 2004 he has been the proprietor of the Eyelusion Museum, a mobile discovery museum in a restored and polished 1964 Airstream trailer. His latest mobile sideshow is a 1950s miniature town (shown below) called Zippy Town. It can been seen at the Santa Rosa Handcar Regatta and other events.
He is married and lives in Sonoma County.
He went to public schools in Akron, and then graduated from Harvard College, where he majored in history and participated in the annual spring riot. In 1971 he moved to California. During the next 25 years, he held over 50 jobs including newspaper editor, book publisher's assistant, proofreader, trailer park handyman, and catalog writer.
Since 2004 he has been the proprietor of the Eyelusion Museum, a mobile discovery museum in a restored and polished 1964 Airstream trailer. His latest mobile sideshow is a 1950s miniature town (shown below) called Zippy Town. It can been seen at the Santa Rosa Handcar Regatta and other events.
He is married and lives in Sonoma County.
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January 3, 2019
Immensely readable as all of C.D. Payne’s books are. I managed to read 90% of the thing on one day— truly an impressive feat.
If you are familiar with Nick Twisp, this will feel a little derivative— it’s basically like “what if Youth in Revolt but an alcoholic middle-aged man?” To which you may reply, “haven’t books 4-whatever it’s at now covered that aspect of Nick Twisp’s life?” Yes, but again— it’s like we are imagining a first book about a 40-y/o sexual and alcoholic degenerate.
It also occurred to me how much this particular book is like the Japanese anime harem genre. Pervy despicable loser juggles relationships with 5 or so females and never gets laid, all to comedic effect.
At this point, if you’re on this page, for this book and this author, you’re either here for Payne’s verbose and pervy, quick-witted and unrealistic dialogue between characters or you’re not. I am ride or die, I guess.
If you are familiar with Nick Twisp, this will feel a little derivative— it’s basically like “what if Youth in Revolt but an alcoholic middle-aged man?” To which you may reply, “haven’t books 4-whatever it’s at now covered that aspect of Nick Twisp’s life?” Yes, but again— it’s like we are imagining a first book about a 40-y/o sexual and alcoholic degenerate.
It also occurred to me how much this particular book is like the Japanese anime harem genre. Pervy despicable loser juggles relationships with 5 or so females and never gets laid, all to comedic effect.
At this point, if you’re on this page, for this book and this author, you’re either here for Payne’s verbose and pervy, quick-witted and unrealistic dialogue between characters or you’re not. I am ride or die, I guess.
May 10, 2022
K tejto knižke asi veľmi nemám čo povedať. Popravde si nie som istá (ani s odstupom času) či si za mňa knižka vôbec zaslúži 2 ⭐️⭐️. Humor v knižke mi absolútne nesadol, nepobavila som sa snáď ani na jednej scéne a bola som rada, keď som dočítala poslednú stránku a už som sa viac netrýznila. Podľa názvu ma to trochu zaujalo, no veľmi som sa sklamala. Bohužiaľ, aj také knižky asi musia byť
February 26, 2018
První a poslední čtvrtina byla jízda. Asi si knihu znova nepřečtu, ale toho času nelituju.
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