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Bungi Gungi

by CC Mandl

210 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-3112; ISBN 1-4251-1353-2; US$21.00, C$24.15, EUR16.37, £10.85

Emotionally shredded from life with a megalomaniac father and neurotic mother, Nigel Bullstone creates an alternative world in his own head. By default, his comfortable fantasies turn into outrageous reality.

About the Book

RULES AT WORK and home are of paramount importance.

Nigel Bullstone, however, has no respect for parameters of any kind. Behind exemplary behaviour and pressed suits, he enjoys a wildly different life in his head. This deception is exposed by chance, and his livid father books him into a hard-line motivational course to straighten him out.

His journey to absolution is waylaid when his car and his nerves break down en-route. A stranger called Winston rescues him from the roadside; in a mutinous state he accepts a dodgy invitation to go camping in lieu of obeying orders, and then learns that Winston's openly hostile friend, Ramon, is to join them.

Stressed out, his unfettered thoughts run amok.

He finds himself poised on the edge of madness and the Highest Bungi Jump on Earth; the stupefying leap into nothingness produces a bizarre entity that claims to be his Alter Ego and Personal Counsel. And it is not alone. Ramon has acquired one, and Winston has had one all along.

Nigel's life takes on a new perspective.

About the Author

CC Mandl is an airbrush and pencil artist, a dedicated non-conformist and well- seasoned parent.

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