Thursday, October 4, 2012

Virtual Book Tour: King Biscuit by Michael Loyd Gray


Congratulations to Lisa H. winner of the GC for commenting.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Book Tour for King Biscuit by Michael Loyd Gray, an American Literature; Literary Fiction available now from Tempest Books. The tour will run November 26 - December 7, 2012 and Michael is available for guest post and interviews. A PDF copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview.

Michael will be awarding a $25.00 Amazon Gift Card to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour.

It’s 1966. The Beatles have taken over the airways, Star Trek is in its first season on NBC, and 389,000 American troops are stationed in Vietnam.

A war is going on Argus, Illinois as well, between sixteen-year-old Billy Ray Fleener and his father. While his father dreams of Billy Ray joining the family business, Billy Ray dreams of moving to California, becoming a surfer, and getting into Margie Heinrich’s pants—not necessarily in that order. Instead, he gets a summer laying pipe and the dubious distinction of town hero after saving Purdy Boy, the mayor’s wife’s dachshund.

When his beloved uncle and role model Mitch is killed in combat, Billy Ray feels like he must leave Argus or be stuck there forever. With little more than the clothes on his back, he hops a bus for Helena, Arkansas to visit Mitch’s grave. Along the way he meets up with a cast of characters as varied and polarized as America itself, from a marine captain home on leave to a band of hippies bound for Graceland. Each teaches him something about love, loyalty, and the true meaning of freedom, but what Billy Ray really learns is that everyone has the power to define who they are. He may have left Argus a boy, but he returns a man.

November 26:  Loose the Hounds
November 27:  The Masquerade Crew
November 28:  Oh, Chrys!
November 29:  Book 'Em North Carolina
November 30:  Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
December 3:  My Devotional Thoughts
December 4:  Nickie's Views and Interviews
December 4:  STOP 2  Queen of all She Reads
December 5:  Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
December 6:  It's Raining Books
December 7:  Welcome to My World of Dreams