Description
Meet Tony Vicar: failed rockstar-turned-DJ, small-town curmudgeon, and ... miracle worker?
Reduced to DJing rural weddings, Tony Vicar feels the bite of failure. A frustrated and failed musician, unable to discern why he has not ascended to stardom, his only defence is to see the world through the lens of gallows humour, absurdism, and black comedy. At his lowest moment he meets former exotic dancer Jacquie O, and they begin a strange and unlikely courtship.
When the pair come upon a fatal car accident, Vicar gives aid to a woman who's barely clinging to life. His nearly miraculous ministrations succeed, and his actions become big news. But what Vicar calls luck is seen as something more magical by everyone else, rocketing him from complete unknown to massive celebrity to legend. Along the way he attracts the attention of dangerous siren Serena, who makes an outrageous play to take Vicar for her own.
In this rollicking farce, Tony Vicar will finally have to face the consequences of his enduring dream of celebrity.
Author: Vince R. Ditrich
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 09/14/2021
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781459747258
ISBN10: 1459747259
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Humorous | General
Reduced to DJing rural weddings, Tony Vicar feels the bite of failure. A frustrated and failed musician, unable to discern why he has not ascended to stardom, his only defence is to see the world through the lens of gallows humour, absurdism, and black comedy. At his lowest moment he meets former exotic dancer Jacquie O, and they begin a strange and unlikely courtship.
When the pair come upon a fatal car accident, Vicar gives aid to a woman who's barely clinging to life. His nearly miraculous ministrations succeed, and his actions become big news. But what Vicar calls luck is seen as something more magical by everyone else, rocketing him from complete unknown to massive celebrity to legend. Along the way he attracts the attention of dangerous siren Serena, who makes an outrageous play to take Vicar for her own.
In this rollicking farce, Tony Vicar will finally have to face the consequences of his enduring dream of celebrity.
Author: Vince R. Ditrich
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 09/14/2021
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781459747258
ISBN10: 1459747259
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Humorous | General
About the Author
Vince R. Ditrich is a lifelong musician and member of the band Spirit of the West. He has circled the world, earned more than a dozen gold and platinum albums, and been enshrined in several Halls of Fame. Vince lives on Vancouver Island.