Galahad's Fool

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Pub Date Jan 06 2018 | Archive Date Aug 16 2018
WordWorkers Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

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Description

A year after the death of his co-creator and soul-mate, an acerbic veteran puppeteer struggles to build a solo show. But what Albert Fisher intends as a lightweight spoof turns sharply personal, and he struggles to birth a raw myth of loss.
 
His aging, pot-bellied Sir Galahad launches a second mad quest for the Holy Grail. To follow him, his lady secretly changes guises with their frail, androgynous Fool. In the course of the hardscrabble creative process, Albert finds kinship with Galahad’s despair and dogged vision, and opens to the risk of new love.
 
Based on its authors’ lifelong theatrical collaboration, the novel is about creation, change, and belief.

A year after the death of his co-creator and soul-mate, an acerbic veteran puppeteer struggles to build a solo show. But what Albert Fisher intends as a lightweight spoof turns sharply personal, and...


Advance Praise

“…An experimental, labyrinthine work that highlights the all-consuming nature of art.… A visceral, affecting portrayal.” – Foreword Reviews
 
“An inventive story about the ebb and flow of the artistic process, and of life itself.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“…An experimental, labyrinthine work that highlights the all-consuming nature of art.… A visceral, affecting portrayal.” – Foreword Reviews
 
“An inventive story about the ebb and flow of the artistic...


Marketing Plan

Book launch in Sebastopol CA 6/1/18; readings in Bay Area; East Coast tour 8/18; Pacific Northwest in 11/18; Southwest in Feb. 2019. Video trailer at https://youtu.be/Or6nU1BdH6k.

Book launch in Sebastopol CA 6/1/18; readings in Bay Area; East Coast tour 8/18; Pacific Northwest in 11/18; Southwest in Feb. 2019. Video trailer at https://youtu.be/Or6nU1BdH6k.


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9780999728703
PRICE $14.95 (USD)