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Peter Thompson<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Jailbird’s Song<\/h3>\n

ISBN: 978-1-956921-44-1<\/span> (pbk.)<\/p>\n

(January 2025)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In this climax of the quintet (with Bughouse Blues, Winter Light, Harrison\u2019s Word, Rhodes to Morocco<\/i>) Rhodes, former teacher, veers between heroism and bewilderment, his moments of idealism offset by an almost childish inability to accept the world\u2019s shortcomings, finally outdoing himself and landing in a Marseille prison. His efforts to set the world right have alerted the dark forces, and he must duel with an interrogator who makes Inspector Javert look like a Cub Scout.<\/p>\n

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Rhodes To Morocco<\/i> is an escapist canticle to Morocco, its souks, its food, even its drinks, a tale of rich desolation and gathering paranoia, shot through with verbal wit and a translator\u2019s love of language.<\/p>\n

\u2014Alexis Levitin, translator of Eugenio Andrade\u2019s Forbidden Words<\/i><\/p>\n

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Of Harrison\u2019s Word:<\/i> Peter Thompson\u2019s work is always assured and can take a reader from the profane to the sublime. It\u2019s provocative and poetic, and funny and sometimes discomfiting. In his man Harrison Rhodes, Thompson explores ego, uncertainty and hope in someone who, like the rest of us, struggles with all of those.<\/p>\n

\u2014Ted Delaney, author of Broken Irish<\/i><\/p>\n

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Winter Light <\/i>is an action-packed romp as the Latin teacher Rhodes maneuvers the absurd banalities and long winter of a New England Prep School. Thompson\u2019s writing is fresh and irreverent, keenly intelligent with flourishes of light and music.<\/p>\n

\u2014Sonja Livingston, author of Ghostbread<\/i><\/p>\n

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In Bughouse Blues<\/i> the reader gets a real sense of what these places [mental hospitals] are like from the insider\u2019s view. At times scathing, Hunter Thompsonesque, at times deeply empathetic\u2014the hero\u2019s description of those in his care gives the reader a close-up look at the complexity of this kind of care, and the need for well-trained, well-compensated professional staff and 21st century facilities.<\/p>\n

\u2014Dr. June Speakman, State Representative, Rhode Island General Assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Thompson\u2019s publications include thirty books of poetry, fiction (and translations of both), songbooks and two anthologies of French literature. His major translating effort has been six works by the great Algerian author Nabile Far\u00e8s, including his novel trilogy, Discovery of The New World<\/i>. Thompson is a literature professor at Roger Williams University and edits Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation<\/i>. He also worked for many years in mental hospitals in three states. This tale of his character, Harrison Rhodes, continues from the novels Winter Light<\/i>, Harrison\u2019s Word<\/i> and Rhodes to Morocco<\/i> to end the quintet with the present volume. Information on books at peterthompsonbooks.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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