In Light of Ray

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Cover of the book In Light of Ray by Barry Pomeroy, Barry Pomeroy
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Author: Barry Pomeroy ISBN: 9781987922172
Publisher: Barry Pomeroy Publication: March 22, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Barry Pomeroy
ISBN: 9781987922172
Publisher: Barry Pomeroy
Publication: March 22, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

As his life fragments, and he is fired from his job and fights with his girlfriend, Mexican vacations cannot cheer the nameless narrator of In Light of Ray. In desperation, he decides to follow the cryptic advice of Ray, a shadowy figure he has only met a few times. His understanding of Ray’s obscure suggestions takes him away from his friends and into unemployment, poverty and then homelessness. Drifting around a grittier Vancouver, he begins to think that the only way to fix his life is to die.
This scheme to disappear so completely that his problems cannot follow him is profoundly disrupted when he meets Weed, a girl abandoned on Wreck Beach. His initial plan of suicide begins to look less feasible, and he tries to decide, on the basis of Ray’s ambiguous statements, whether he should die alone or invite her along.
Ultimately affirming, this novel details a man’s drift from the Vancouver streets and the emptiness of dead-end jobs to a choice between embracing community and connection or disappearing into a waiting squalor.

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As his life fragments, and he is fired from his job and fights with his girlfriend, Mexican vacations cannot cheer the nameless narrator of In Light of Ray. In desperation, he decides to follow the cryptic advice of Ray, a shadowy figure he has only met a few times. His understanding of Ray’s obscure suggestions takes him away from his friends and into unemployment, poverty and then homelessness. Drifting around a grittier Vancouver, he begins to think that the only way to fix his life is to die.
This scheme to disappear so completely that his problems cannot follow him is profoundly disrupted when he meets Weed, a girl abandoned on Wreck Beach. His initial plan of suicide begins to look less feasible, and he tries to decide, on the basis of Ray’s ambiguous statements, whether he should die alone or invite her along.
Ultimately affirming, this novel details a man’s drift from the Vancouver streets and the emptiness of dead-end jobs to a choice between embracing community and connection or disappearing into a waiting squalor.

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