Holiday Calendar - Book Review - The Bicycle Club by Dave Schultz

They are musicians on a mission to play at an annual witch convention. They are not ordinary drunks. Singer songwriter Wyatt Scruggs and his friends have been drunk for 17 years.

And Tom Sawyer, fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, it resides comfortably at the crossroads between The Blues Brothers. The Bicycle Club by author and singer/songwriter Dave Schultz is a rollicking adventure/comedy featuring a colorful assortment of characters.

The characters are then further developed through dialog and narrative comment that remains consistent throughout the story. The reader is introduced to each of the unique characters at appropriate points in the story with sufficient detail to provide a clear picture. The character development in this tale is superb.

The story development is not only well conceived but also begins immediately as Schultz sets up each scene with great form and style to maintain our interest from the first page to the very end of the story.

Thompson's books or Quentin Tarantino's movies understand this brand of comedy very well and will be pleasantly surprised with Dave Schultz. Fans of Hunter S. The effect is very funny, while the subject matter of this dark comedy offers (and requires on the part of the reader) some relief from the moral rigors of ordinary society.

They share a thirst for life. The story delivers a fresh perspective of people who have both heart and a desire to have a good time with little regard for materialistic mainstream culture, furthermore. Everyday life of a drunk into a deeper philosophical understanding of interpersonal relationships amid humble surroundings, the story is also a character study as it transforms the ordinary, while it is hilarious at times.

This chapter builds to the climactic scene in which the Dowager completes her ghostly tale in the attic! I loved the suspense and the imagery during the adventurous night at the ruins. Providing the overall story even more depth and entertainment value, this book also offers adventurous moments.

You will love Purple Hank, warren Zevon or Steve Earle, bob Dylan, if you like Wilco. Purple Hank was formerly known as The Bicycle Club. Purple Hank, there is an accompanying volume of music that is also written and performed by Dave Shultz and his band. There's more! But wait!

Eleven toes and morning wood, two thumbs, i give this book eight fingers, a truly spell binding literary work that is well crafted and entertaining at its core. Good fun and guaranteed to produce at least a smile on the face of the most prudent among middle aged conservatives, it is irreverent. It has a few cameos and a lot of inside musician humor with the potential to become a cult classic among working musicians as well as music fans. This story and accompanying music has movie written all over it, finally.