Last Flight Out
Robert Eringer
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Bartleby Press (June 6, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0935437568
ISBN-13: 978-0935437560
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
Worn down by the stresses and strains of everyday life, a harassed bar owner goes for a drive, winds up at the airport and, on impulse, grabs the last evening flight. Onboard, he meets a woman in retro garb that recommends he continue to Sausalito and visit a vintage photography shop. Finding himself outside the shop while walking around next morning, he wanders in and discovers a vast collection of black-and-white and sepia photographs. Feeling for the proprietor, an elderly hippie, for whom vintage pics is clearly a passion, he springs for a photo of Mark Twain. Much later, in his hotel room, he suddenly finds himself facing off to Samuel Clemens across a pool table. Stunned, he allows himself to be goaded by Clemens into a game of billiards—and that is where the adventure begins
My Thoughts
In past blogs, I've mentioned my love for watching The Twilight Zone and for black and white photography and was amused that this book combines both.
This read appears to be a mix of literary examination and influences at an ontic level which gives readers a transactional interpretation of the existence of retrocausality.
Page one begins with the protagonists explaining that life is mostly dark. He feels stuck in life and enters an altered frame of mind. Soon after, he learns he's booked a one-way ticket on the last flight out of the night. On the flight, he meets Lulu. She gives him a gift (talisman) and suggests he spend time at a hotel and vintage photography gallery in Sausalito.
His flight lands and he wishes to return Lulu's gift but she'd disappeared. He exits the plane and ends up in a cab which eventually takes him to the hotel she'd recommended.
Upon arrival at the gallery, he's the only customer, and thereupon is pulled into each pre-famous memorable moment and travels back in time.
At the first encounter, with Samuel Clemens, he believes he's likely been drugged by the gallery's proprietor but that level of thinking is soon deflated.
Readers find that the photographs take him on an adventure. Each of these is a series of integrating altering frames of consciousness for choices and consequences with a better perspective.
This free-spirited, skillfully written book, I received from Jenna Faccenda, Marketing Executive, Casemate Group for my honest review. I'm seldom impressed by book covers. I do want to point out, however, I appreciate this one.
Details on Author Robert Eringer can be found at this link http://roberteringer.com/