self-conscious. He is sui generis, literally believing himself into being. BEGINNER'S LUKE is the first novel in a series of six madcap adventures that, collectively, make up the imaginary life of this lovably irreverent modern-day Walter Mitty. While titillating in the rambunctious tradition of Henry Miller and Jack Kerouac, this visionary début equally impresses as a work of literary art. Luke's signature obsessions with self, sex, satire and slapdash highlight a serious point: consciousness creates. The point is there is a point to living in the imagination-for only through it can we reinvent ourselves and our world.

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