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2011 Best of Indie: Quick-Witted


Cover art for NO HOPE FOR GOMEZ!
INDIE
Released: Jan. 12, 2011

"At times laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally just weird for the sake of weird, but consistently entertaining."
A drug trial participant blogs about his experiences on an experimental medication and questions whether the strangeness in his life is a side-effect or just weirdness as usual. Read full book review >
Cover art for ROCK STAR'S RAINBOW
INDIE
Released: Jan. 1, 2010

"A smart, entertaining send-up of celebrity under siege."
A rock star searching for his soul embarks on an underworld picaresque in this gonzo satirical romance. Read full book review >
Cover art for MAGPIE
INDIE
Released: Oct. 1, 2011

"Finch treats serious issues whimsically without being flippant, to deeply entertaining effect."
A fast-paced, bizarre, iconoclastic farce anchored by an endearing filial relationship between a journalist and his assistant. Read full book review >
Cover art for GIVING GOOD HOLLYWOOD
INDIE
Released: Feb. 7, 2011

"A wonderful, quick-witted alternative to the typical romance novel."
The Devil Wears Prada meets My Hollywood in this witty Hollywood romance. Read full book review >
Cover art for FLEETING MEMORY
INDIE
Released: July 20, 2011

"An utterly winning, deceptively smart collection of mishaps, plot twists and grinning one-liners."
A man with no memory stumbles into his own shaggy dog story. Read full book review >
Cover art for LEARNING CURVES
INDIE
Released: June 17, 2011

"A well-crafted, sardonic look at university life."
LaRue's novel satirizes the backbiting politics and scandals of a mediocre Southern university through the eyes of its faculty. Read full book review >