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Turntable: A Modern-Day Arthurian Tale
A modern day Arthurian tale unfolding around pizza, railroad history, labor unions and a failing garage band.
Grady Barden is tired of working at Pizza Del Reino, but as much as he believes there's something bigger waiting for him, he's also beginning to accept that it won't be his band. He has been questing for an answer or sign for many years, but these 'Grailings' he ventures out on with his best friend Lane and cousin Dwayne haven't turned up any obvious clues.When his father decides to buy the pizza place to rebuild a family heritage lost to the failure of the Wisconsin railroads, Grady is squeezed between the responsibility of family and his own desperation to break free from his stagnant life. Grady will find guidance from the curmudgeonly half-Lakota Indian, Merle, and the alluring but acerbic labor council secretary, Gwen, but ultimately, he will be left to face his hardest challenges on his own.
Grady Barden is tired of working at Pizza Del Reino, but as much as he believes there's something bigger waiting for him, he's also beginning to accept that it won't be his band. He has been questing for an answer or sign for many years, but these 'Grailings' he ventures out on with his best friend Lane and cousin Dwayne haven't turned up any obvious clues.When his father decides to buy the pizza place to rebuild a family heritage lost to the failure of the Wisconsin railroads, Grady is squeezed between the responsibility of family and his own desperation to break free from his stagnant life. Grady will find guidance from the curmudgeonly half-Lakota Indian, Merle, and the alluring but acerbic labor council secretary, Gwen, but ultimately, he will be left to face his hardest challenges on his own.
338 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2021
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About the author
James L. Peters
4 books9 followersA life-long Wisconsinite and lover of writing, James began his career in television production and moved on to all forms of marketing and advertising, always with a writing and creative focus. When not writing professionally or creatively, he invested significant time and money along with bandmates pursuing music.
At the end of 2003, he and his wife Melanie left their careers, sold their home, and joined James’s best friend and fellow musician on a multi-year musical focus performing live across Wisconsin (for the first time in their lives in their 30s). It was during that time James wrote his first two novels, Shrugging and Turntable (the latter very loosely inspired by their musical adventures).
Having shook the music bug out of their systems, they transitioned back to careers. It wasn’t until the pandemic and doing a small run of his first two novels that he discovered people seemed to enjoy his novels, and he dove back into his one true, life-long passion.
He lives with his wife in the beautiful Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin, where he writes fiction, designs board games, and also occasionally does things to earn money.
At the end of 2003, he and his wife Melanie left their careers, sold their home, and joined James’s best friend and fellow musician on a multi-year musical focus performing live across Wisconsin (for the first time in their lives in their 30s). It was during that time James wrote his first two novels, Shrugging and Turntable (the latter very loosely inspired by their musical adventures).
Having shook the music bug out of their systems, they transitioned back to careers. It wasn’t until the pandemic and doing a small run of his first two novels that he discovered people seemed to enjoy his novels, and he dove back into his one true, life-long passion.
He lives with his wife in the beautiful Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin, where he writes fiction, designs board games, and also occasionally does things to earn money.
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