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Reefer Gladness Bestselling author Michael Konik (The Man with the $100,000 Breasts; Ella in Europe; The Smart Money) abstained from using, or even trying, marijuana until he was nearly 40. Then he went to Amsterdam. No longer able to dismiss pot as an herbal evil, he began to celebrate its salutary effects. Seven years later, Konik has penned a provocative and intelligent examination of America’s most politically potent plant. Reefer Gladness: Stories, Essays, and Riffs on Marijuana explores this emotionally charged subject through an innovative lens. It’s an entertaining, elegant, and consistently heady study of a simple weed with the power to transform American society. Konik’s pungent prose provides a literary contact high. His vivid characters, the regular (and irregular) people from every stratum of society who make marijuana a part of their lives, blaze off the page. Reefer Gladness is nonfiction and fiction, humorous and serious, a fascinating hybrid of reality and imagination. It’s a great read—whether or not you enjoy marijuana. Click here to read an excerpt: First Time. This book is available as an eBook from Huntington Press -- click here to order -- for the Kindle at Amazon.com, and for the Nook at Barnes & Noble. About The Author(s)
Reviews: "Though there are a lot of books debunking the myths about marijuana, those books are part of a large group of non-fiction, 'Stoner Information' books. Reefer Gladness doesn't fit that bill, it's something new and something stoners who love reading are going to latch on to." -- Baked Life (click link for full review)
"Reefer Gladness: Stories, Essays and Riffs on Marijuana is a common sense guidebook into cannabis culture told from someone who stumbled into it at a significantly more mature stage in life. A mix of compelling character sketches, rambling rants and artful character dialogue, the book offers a complex perspective on how the tranquilizing power of herb can temporarily erase the banalities of the everyday grind." -- Culture Magazine (click for full review)
"Reefer Gladness is a book that everyone can relate to. It is smart, funny, and honest, and appeals to readers of a wide demographic. He finds and shares the simple pleasures of partaking in our favorite substance." -- Nug Magazine
"With Reefer Gladness, Michael Konik offers a fresh take on the marijuana scene ... While several chapters have nothing to do with marijuana, they're generally fun, fiction-like reads. This late-blossoming stoner has a potent voice that demands to be heard." -- Celeb Stoner (click for full review) "It's an entertaining, elegant, and consistently heady study of a simple weed with the power to change American society. Konik's pungent prose provides a literary contact high. His vivid characters, the regular (and irregular) people from every stratum of society who make marijuana a part of their lives, blaze off the page." (Book Soup) Browse more Paperback or additional Huntington Press products. Please see the NOTES about e-Books and Bargain Bin items. |
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