Dash in the Blue Pacific, by Cole Alpaugh
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Dash in the Blue Pacific, by Cole Alpaugh
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2015 International Book Awards FinalistDash does not feel lucky. When his plane crashes in the South Pacific on a honeymoon flight to Sydney, Australia, he is already a broken man, having left his cheating fiancée at home in Vermont. Dash is the crash's only survivor, and the natives who find his battered body blame him for poisoning their fish with spilled jet fuel. Once he has sufficiently recovered, they plan to offer him as a human sacrifice to their Volcano God, who they believe downed his plane and cursed them with drought and hardship. While Dash awaits his fate, he abandons all hope of rescue. But his new life has its moments. He meets ten-year-old Tiki, daughter of the chief and an innocent who dreams of being "chosen" by the soldiers who occasionally visit their island. He also conjures up an imaginary friend, Weeleekonawahulahoopa--Willy, for short. Willy is half-man, half-fish, a sometime god who resigned his lofty status after failing to save his people from drowning. As Dash comes to understand the natives who hold him captive and confront his own unhappy past, he suspects that he might not be so unlucky after all.
Dash in the Blue Pacific, by Cole Alpaugh- Amazon Sales Rank: #1603122 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Released on: 2015-03-10
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "The main conflict of the novel is a fruitful and engaging one. Upon crash landing on a remote island, Dash is accused of corrupting the community's supply of fish. The island natives inform him that their Volcano God now requires him to be a living sacrifice as penance for his sins. The chief offers Dash one way out of his new fatal destiny: he must sleep with a native woman and produce a white baby for the island. The prose is rich in dark humor. Alpaugh is blunt in reference yet masterful in depiction. He always finds a way to make the reader smirk amid the atrocities. For example, Dash is reminiscing about the time when he walked in on his wife having an affair with Tommy Chambers: It had been the second worst moment of his life. Finding his father in a pool of blood was still numero uno. Both made death by engine failure a cakewalk. "God bless us all," the captain had said. Heartfelt words even to someone like Dash who believed as much in gods as he did Martians. Cole Alpaugh is a grand comedian, and the conflicts and themes which exist in uncharted territory for traditional novels work well with his droll craft. The novel is full of magical wonders, melancholic gods, invasive spiders, and hilarious blunders from both Dash and the natives. "Boring" and "predictable" would be last two words to describe Alpaugh's novel." - D. A. Wetherell, Necessary Fiction
About the Author Cole Alpaugh is a former journalist, having worked at daily newspapers along the East Coast, as well as spending several years as a war correspondent in numerous hot-spots around the world for Manhattan-based news agencies. His work has appeared in dozens of magazines, as well as most newspapers in America. He was nominated by Gannett News Service for a 1991 Pulitzer Prize. Cole is currently a freelance photographer and writer living in Northeast Pennsylvania, where he spends his afternoons watching his daughter hit fuzzy yellow balls and ski through slalom gates. You can find Cole online at ColeAlpaugh.com.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Dash In The Blue Pacific is Cole Alpaugh's latest literary adventure and it does not disappoint. Dash is a pathetic kind of man By Eileen Brown If you aren't afraid of a vivid and genius imagination then grab this book and be prepared to be wowed! Dash In The Blue Pacific is Cole Alpaugh's latest literary adventure and it does not disappoint. Dash is a pathetic kind of man, but throughout the book you cannot help but be taken in by his will to never give up hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. His protectiveness of the young tribal girl Tiki and his friendship with a bizarre shark/man/God Willy let you see a genuinely kind man. This fantastic tale of takes you on a bizarre an intriguing journey, yet all the while you feel as though you could be living in this strange world right along side Dash. Alpaugh's attention to the smallest details bring the landscape of this faraway land to life in your mind. I am looking forward to my next adventure. Thank you Mr. Alpaugh for the journey and "I do believe the fish".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The best aspects of Cole Alpaugh's writing are weaved throughout Dash ... By Regan The best aspects of Cole Alpaugh's writing are weaved throughout Dash in the Blue Pacific. This is a book that exemplifies Alpaugh's talent for writing heartbreak alongside snort inducing laughter. Dash's journey is not only entertaining, but emotional and poetic. No one writes strange and lovable better that Alpaugh. I highly recommend you give this book a try. If you've read any of Alpaugh's previous works, you won't need convincing to take the voyage into Dash's mesmerizing and changing reality.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This was a heartfelt and fun read. I loved Willy and will be passing ... By roxy This was a heartfelt and fun read. I loved Willy and will be passing this book to a friend! Cole Alpaugh puts his all to his writing. I will be looking for other books by this author!
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