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A single call from his Czech girlfriend catapults Trevor into a serious crisis Desperate to get his mojo back he blazes down Highway 99 in a rented Dodge Neon But soon his journey to California is fraught with peril and all he has for protection are a semi automatic pistol his trusty plastic visor and a flea ridden cat As the drugs and the heartbreak kick in the question is no longer whether Trevor will get over his girlfriend s infidelity but whether he ll get out alive A fast paced and hilarious contemporary odyssey The Drive has all the adventure and surrealism of Hunter S Thompson s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but overlaid with heartfelt yearning and hope The Drive my review from I have never read a book so enjoyable as this As a young guy in my mid twenties I felt I was able to feel where the protagonist was coming from in this novel It is superbly written and very funny and it is also empathetic to what can really hurt us as human beings Trevor the subject of the book goes on a road trip of self discovery healing of sexual re gratification he can t get it up He also does this under the overbearing yoke of certainty that he is not very good at the entire road trip business It s and adolescent tantrum that escalates to an epic with trials than he should have been able to handle but I was still routing for him and sticking by him anyway The book is as I have said empathetic to what really hurts us as people for instance Trevor has gone on his journey to see a friend in San Francisco since his girlfriend cheated on him and that is it his girlfriend cheated on him It would seem so trivial and common to hear that kind of story but sometimes we forget how devastating that can be to us and the people around us or we don t let it be as devastating as it feels it is because cheating is so common and thus we miss out on some glorious emotional wreckage So I felt for Trevor and I was glad to let him have his tantrum because it is something I think many feel they need to have and yet cant To call a broken relationship a devastation is admittedly a very first world problem and it pails in comparison to the struggles of others but as westerners it s a pain that still exists and this book is filled with enough adolescence and young stupidity to warrant his a pain being the sole reason for this trip. The drive epub free download Overall you know my verdict I have read classics and modern marvels and The Drive though admittedly not very richly titled is the funniest and most enjoyable book I have read I am sometimes called and rightly so a boring or miserable sod and up until now I have never had a book make me do so much than chuckle at its humour but this piece really took me by surprise I was laughing whilst filled with gratitude that a novel like this was able to do that for me It addressed an issue that had affected me but that I didn t ever think was novel worthy and it still had me feeling proud of the main character for going through and dealing with everything he did It is not may favourite novel of all time but it doesn t have to be for a 5 star review If you want a current fun and meaningful book to read then I would recommend The Drive a superb new novel Paperback Review originally posted on my blog page one of Tyler Keevil s The Drive I was hooked You know you re in for a rollicking ride when Trevor your narrator turns up at a car rental agency with beers for the road two of which he s had on the way over and a blacker than coal outlook on life I found myself laughing through this entire book all the while cringing at all of Trevor s mishaps and scrapes. Kindle usb not showing up The Drive spares you nothing you get the sick the grit the unseemly smells of life on the road and you get them in spades On than one occasion I found my stomach turning and curdling with the thought of another drunken episode Trevor s journey is enough to make you want to go sober as a priest. The drive canteen From peyote laced buns a flashing visor a beat up cat cannibal restaurant staff a man tiger a biker gang leader with a grudge the obligatory hitchhiker and two friendly lesbians The Drive pretty much has it all If you re up for a coming of age finding yourself tale with a heavy dose of booze weed endless stretches of road and a smidge of magic give The Drive a read I thought it was better than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and that s saying something Paperback A Fear and Loathing style road trip down Highway 99 in a rented Dodge Neon Our single protagonist turns on the ignition and off we go on our adventures Unlike Hunter S Thompson s much famous book this is realistically written and a lot better for it The Drive is simple good old fashioned story telling with a great plot and there s no going off on tangents The drugs are still there as is the booze and the women the biker gangs the danger the diners the desert the heat the desperation the overcoming of it all and a satisfying ending and so are you with the character all the way Once finished you ll wish you could go back to the beginning and experience it all over again which of course you can. The drive for five philosophy Now I ve read it a few years later I m ever so slightly feeling that I loved it absolutely loved it at the beginning but only liked it at the end Something was lost when it all began to tie together The realistic aspect was lost and I felt that the author was trying to hard to make it all tie together Sure it was a satisfying ending but I ve got to say that the journey itself was a lot satisfying than what it all ended up as Paperback Tyler was a lecturer of mine as an undergrad student I had the pleasure of studying with him and his writing is concise well crafted and thought provoking This book is wonderful Paperback A coming of age story of sorts about a young man steering through his first heartbreak quite literally he hires a rental car and just drives and drives The first couple of chapters made me audibly snort on the bus thanks for that Tyler Keevil And I thought man this is one of the funniest books I ve ever readBut after the first few chapters it never made me laugh again however it did get pretty crazy and is packed full of weird and wonderful mostly weird adventures Spoiler alert I have to say I was quite disappointed after Trevor s whole life changing excursion when he decided to call up his ex because I thought all the crazy crap he had put his body and mind through was for the purposes of forgetting his ex and moving onI guess I feel like if he was going to ring her and work things out with her he didn t need to leave his couch But maybe I m overlooking how important it was for him to have got his anger about the betrayal out on the road trip regardless of what he was going to do about Zuszka. The drive axle Well that s my 2 cents I have to say it was altogether well written and pretty enjoyable This gets 4 stars mostly because of the first few chapters which I enjoyed than the rest of the book Paperback
Tyler was raised in Vancouver Canada He first came to the UK in 1999 to study English at Lancaster University He returned home to finish his degree and after graduating undertook a variety of bizarre jobs working as a treeplanter a landscape gardener a deckhand on a fishing barge a greenhorn in the shipyards a restaurant busser and a kayak shop assistant After paying back his student loan and saving up some money he moved to Prague to try his hand at being a starving writer the only problem being that he didn t know how to write yet The money ran out before he learned and after a brief stint living in Birmingham he moved to Wales in 2003.
Can i download ebooks to my laptop While working part time cleaning toilets at a petrol station Tyler committed to lear Tyler was raised in Vancouver Canada He first came to the UK in 1999 to study English at Lancaster University He returned home to finish his degree and after graduating undertook a variety of bizarre jobs working as a treeplanter a landscape gardener a deckhand on a fishing barge a greenhorn in the shipyards a restaurant busser and a kayak shop assistant After paying back his student loan and saving up some money he moved to Prague to try his hand at being a starving writer the only problem being that he didn t know how to write yet The money ran out before he learned and after a brief stint living in Birmingham he moved to Wales in 2003.
The drive for five philosophy While working part time cleaning toilets at a petrol station Tyler committed to learning the craft and after picking up a handful of short fiction awards including a Writer of the Year Award from Writers Inc of London he began selling his stories to magazines He is interested both in literary and slipstream fiction and has been published in New Welsh Review Planet Transmission Dream Catcher Black Static and On Spec among others A translation of his story Masque of the Red Clown has also recently been commissioned by the French Canadian magazine Solaris Tyler has also written for the screen a short film he wrote recently aired on ITV Wales whilst another picked up the Welsh Dragon Award at the Newport International Film Festival Welsh editors have always been supportive of his writing from Arthur Smith to Dafydd Prys to Francesca Rhydderch to Helle Michelson and now recently Lucy Llewellyn at Parthian.
Book the driver Like most Canadians Tyler enjoys his winter sports including hockey and snowboarding but since coming to Wales he has discovered the wonders of hiking and camping particular along the Pembrokeshire coast He currently works part time in a factory near his hometown of Llanidloes and lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire site_link Reviewed for Litro literary magazine.
The drive at 5 From the front cover to the last page The Drive has all the dials turned to madcap as Tyler Keevil follows in the dust trails of the great American road trip This kinetic journey through the backside of America lives firmly in the shadow of Fear and LoathingThe action starts in medias res with Trevor our protagonist fearfully swallowing his stash as he is questioned at the American border Successfully gaining entry to the hallowed land he is propelled through a series of bizarre comic encounters as he desperately attempts to outrun his feelings for ex girlfriend Zuzska.
The purpose driven life by rick warren Read the full review here Paperback The Drive is a highly readable road trip novel which moves from bleak nihilism to spiritual redemption over some 400 pitch perfect pages I hope that s not a spoiler because the final third of the book is as satisfying as the first two parts are bewildering Fairly early on narrator Trevor introduces the notion of synchronicity and Keevil sets out to demonstrate Jung s theory with a deft tying up of the many plotlines and motifs which he sews in the first half of the book But whether downbeat or euphoric The Drive is nearly always funny it reminds me of Confederacy of Dunces by John F Kennedy O Toole or even a recent novel such as The Ask by Sam Lipsyte If you enjoyed either of those you will most likely love this Paperback Brilliantly addictive Trevor is the kind of character you feel for right from the beginning and even when he makes stupid choices you want him to succeed Had me laughing on every page and by the end of the book I felt like I d been on a journey of discovery along with Trevor Paperback Gripping and hilarious this tale of a road trip gone horribly awry is one of the best books I ve read this year There is plenty of incident from bad peyote trips to biker showdowns to a diner that may be run by cannibals but there is also plenty of subtext to chew on as a journey through America becomes a journey into the narrator s psyche Jung s take on synchronicity is explicitly mentioned a few times and his idea of the amina is at the heart of the book And if that sounds heavy don t worry you re never far away from another tragicomically bad decision by our hero usually while deep under the influence And Mr Keevil appears to know his Richmond Fontaine records which is another plus as if one were needed Paperback.
