John Bailey
John Bailey has been a radio personality for over twenty-five years, currently
as part of the morning show on WWJ Newsradio 950 in Detroit. He also provides
voiceovers for radio and TV commercials. He lives in the Detroit area with
his wife, Kelly, and three cats.
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Boyne Falls Baroque
John Bailey
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After hitting the dotcom lottery,
reformed computer hacker Brian
Mercer retires to a life of
ease on Lake Charlevoix, only
to watch his portfolio tank
when the tech bubble bursts.
Resigning himself to rejoining
the workforce, Brian finds
that his skills as a computer
programmer are no longer in
demand. He works a series of
unrewarding jobs until he
falls in love with Miiko,
a young Japanese musician who
feels an odd sexual attraction
to her cello. Mikko introduces
Brian to Grampa Sam, a former
Yakuza boss who claims to have
come across a method of divining
stock prices using the Chinese
I Ching. Under the guidance of
Grampa Sam, Brian begins to repair
his tattered stock portfolio --
until the FBI takes notice of his
unusual trading activity.
Convinced that he is engaging
in fraudulent stock trading,
the FBI arrests him and Brian is
forced to return to his hacker
ways to track down the true culprit.
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REVIEWS
Boyne Falls Baroque
John Baily
DiskUs Publishing
ISBN: 1-58495-473-6
Contemporary
Reviewed by Tami Brady
Brian Mercer’s life is a roller coaster ride. He got lucky when he landed
a computer programmer job right out of college. His good luck and fortune
increased dramatically when his stocks in the company made him a millionaire.
With the fall of the NASDAQ, however, Brian lost everything and was back
looking for work, any work. The endless search through dead end jobs leads
Brian to a Thai restaurant owned by a Japanese family and Grandpa Sam who
uses I Ching to predict the stock market.
Boyne Falls Baroque is one of those stories that is really hard to pin down
to a single genre. This story contains sarcastic humour, ironic situations,
and illustrates commentary-like comments on our world. However, this story
also contains a somewhat racy love affair as well as a few aspects of mystery
and intrigue. Combined, these aspects create a witty, entertaining, engaging
story complete with realistic characters, some of whom the reader will probably
recognise from their own life experiences.
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