
This Is What We Do
Counterpoint (Publisher)
Published on 12. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-61902-941-5 (ISBN)
Description
“[This Is What We Do] is...Atlas Shrugged jammed in reverse and with the tires smoked. It's Ayn Rand for people with a brain. And a gun. It's a kick. Read it.” —Sean Beaudoin, author of You Killed Wesley Payne and The Infects
James Nethery is at the end of his rope. Unable to find meaning in his comfortable life, he has cut himself off from everyone and fled to Paris. His mission; to rid himself of a lifetime of baggage, erase the past, and start over. He wanders Paris aimlessly until he meets Lily, a Ukrainian model and hooker. They form a unique bond, and together take the first steps toward writing new stories of their lives. Soon, Lily’s past catches up with her and they are forced to go on the lam in a strange country. Together they must decide between justice and vengeance, and, when forced to take action, between what is too much—and not enough.
This Is What We Do is part neo–noir thriller, part love story, and part cautionary tale of the perils of trying to write a new life from nothing—and the stories that will be written for you by others if you find yourself in the public eye.
James Nethery is at the end of his rope. Unable to find meaning in his comfortable life, he has cut himself off from everyone and fled to Paris. His mission; to rid himself of a lifetime of baggage, erase the past, and start over. He wanders Paris aimlessly until he meets Lily, a Ukrainian model and hooker. They form a unique bond, and together take the first steps toward writing new stories of their lives. Soon, Lily’s past catches up with her and they are forced to go on the lam in a strange country. Together they must decide between justice and vengeance, and, when forced to take action, between what is too much—and not enough.
This Is What We Do is part neo–noir thriller, part love story, and part cautionary tale of the perils of trying to write a new life from nothing—and the stories that will be written for you by others if you find yourself in the public eye.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61902-941-5 (9781619029415)
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Tom Hansen is a native of New Richmond, Wisconsin, and has worked in Saudi Arabia, Iowa, Florida, Wisconsin, and Arizona (where he now resides). He dedicated most of his life to education as a teacher, principal, college professor, program director, and state consultant before retiring to explore world regions and cultures. Tom has lived in or traveled to eighty-two countries and all fifty states. This is his fourth novel.