Chancey on Top - Hardcover

Wareham, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566492645 ISBN 13: 9781566492645

Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

This is a witty and irreverent picaresque novel that exposes with wicked insight and aplomb the similar hypocrises that underlie romantic love and modern business.

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From the Publisher:

"Brilliant, sexy and surreal - the Bridges of Madison County as photographed by Herb Ritts." — Kevin Roberts, worldwide chief executive, Saatchi & Saatchi "Hats off to Chancey! The finest contemporary showcasing of the sonnet form, in my humble opinion."— Charles Defanti, professor of literature, Kean University, author, The Wages of Expection: the biography of Edward Dahlberg. "Profound, profane, funny and unputdownable . . . eye-popping scenes and insights. Chandler Haste himself is something new: a highly literate corporate creature in hot pursuit of money, sex, love and enlightenment—even as God, the Devil and various sacred cows seem to be in pursuit of him. Beautifully written and ultimately uplifting." — Eli Noam, professor, Columbia Business School. "Those who find their wisdom in wild and witty packaging will love Chancey On Top . . . a beautifully written, deeply moving novel that chronicles a riveting psychological journey that sweeps the reader to a shattering catharsis. The end comes all too quickly, but the characters live on." — Bernard Berkowitz, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, co-author, How To Be Your Own Best Friend. "A magnificent yarn . . . funny and sexy . . . racy and contentious . . . literary and erudite . . . ultimately profound and moving. Captures the inner conflicts of conscience and provides authentic insights into attachments and transitions, love and enlightenment, and the struggles so many executives experience." — Harry Levinson Ph.D., clinical psychologist, author, CEO: Corporate Leadership in Action, professor, Harvard Medical School.

From the Author:

"If I’d not entered the consulting world I flatter myself that I might have been a full time novelist. I wrote my first book to promote my firm. When it was nominated for a national award I got hooked on the process, and just kept on going. It was a treat to see my business books become bestsellers, and I also got a lot of pleasure from the reaction to How to Break Out of Prison. It was a challenge to write a cross-over self-development work for overachievers and prison inmates alike. It’s always satisfying when people say that you helped them get what they want from life. All in all, however, I’m proudest of my novel, Chancey On Top. It chronicles the psychological journey of a flawed protagonist struggling with the strikingly similar hypocrisies of love and business. My publisher says the only good poet is a dead poet, but the chance to inject a little poetry into the passion seemed too good to miss, and I’ve been excited by the warm reaction of literary critics to this conceit. I was happy, too, with how it all played out. I set out to merely entertain and didn't know where it would wind up. The ending came as a shocker. Really."

About this edition

• Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1566492645
• ISBN 13: 9781566492645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320