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As in the lives of people we all know, this story presents a dozen fictional Santa Feans trying to love, yet mistreating, each other the week before US forces invade Iraq. "The aggression that dominates American life today," says author Michael Scofield, "goads them into brandishing their dark sides." Married realtor Maxine Morgan, for instance, coaxes conservative mortgage broker Ron Kirkpatrick (and others) into bed. Ron's not-quite-yet-psychotic wife Lila tries to seduce handyman Victor Valdez. High-tech writer Manny Barnes falsely promises his fiancée to give up in-your-face activism. CPA Chuck Ridley leaves his family for Silicon Valley CEO Bret, who changes his mind about war. In an ambiance of black humor and misfiring sex, readers will find themselves embracing Maxine's attempt to escape from nymphomania after meeting a retired war correspondent, Victor's desperate scheme to care for his mother while returning to carving Santos, Lila's plan to destroy Maxine, Manny's longing to give Joyce a baby, and Chuck's joy in discovering he's gay. You'll laugh a lot--but you'll also weep to see how our increasing turmoil at home in the United States mirrors our ongoing behavior overseas.
About the author
Yale University graduate Michael Scofield worked for "Sunset Magazine" until his wife and he launched a firm to write marketing documents for Silicon Valley companies. In 2002 he received his low-residency MFA in Writing from Vermont College. Sunstone Press has published two books of his poetry, "Whirling Backward into the World" and "Circus Americana and Other Poems," as well as his Santa Fe trilogy, "Acting Badly," "Making Crazy," and "Smut Busters," followed by "Dedicated Lives, Talks with Those Helping Others."
