Released on: September 10, 2008, 12:54 pm

Press Release Author: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, Inc.

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Obsessive love and the futile pursuit of perfection serve as
the backdrop of John Wallen’s complex new novel, Calypso of the Appenine Way.

Press Release Body: A cynical character, Luke, is consumed with love for a young
Italian girl, Eleonora. Their relationship is used to develop conflicting themes,
including love versus anti-love, sincerity versus cynicism, reality versus myth, and
bravery versus foolhardiness. These sometimes subterranean ideas work in a subtle
relationship to each other and, in the hidden interstices between conflicting
themes, produce a compelling and profound work.

John Wallen is a writer and academic who has already published several collections
of short stories under the pseudonym of \"Jon Aristides.\"

Calypso of the Appenine Way is available in softcover (ISBN 978-1-60264-231-7) from
Virtualbookworm.com, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. The book can also be
ordered from most bookstores around the United States and the United Kingdom.


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