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It's Boston 1969 and nineteen-year-old Ben Tucker and his tribe of long-haired freaks desperately seek lives that make sense in a world distorted by war, racism, and bankrupt values. Ridiculous takes you on a passionate, lyrical six-week ride through confrontations and concerts; courts and cops; parties and politics; school and the streets; Weathermen and women's liberation; acid and activism; revolution and reaction. And, of course, love-as Ben feverishly pursues the long shot desire of his life-Sarah Stein.

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9781951289119

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"""Masterpiece . . . The book never hits a false note while charting some of the most turbulent times in American history. . . . When my kids ask me what the '60s were really like, I'm going to hand them this book.""- Steven Hager, High Times. ""Maynard . . . deftly captures this world of communal ideas and idealistic pursuits, a time of purpose and action when a generation tried to rewrite social rules even as they struggled to find out who they were."" -Emily Grosvenor, Eugene Magazine."

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Guy Maynard lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts for his first thirteen years, spent his high school years in Urbana, Illinois, went to two years of college in Boston, and has lived in Oregon since the early 1970s. He was lead singer in a teen rock and roll band, was active in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, lived on a commune in southern Oregon, worked as a carpenter, and was a member of a worker-owned construction company.After receiving his degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1984, he was editor of a small community newspaper and then worked on a number of trade magazines in such fields as liquid and gas chromatography and geographic information systems. He was editor of Oregon Quarterly, the University of Oregon magazine, He co-edited the 2003 collection, Best Essays NW; and his essays and articles have appeared in several northwest regional publications. He lives with his wife Shelley in a 1930s-vintage house in the middle of Eugene, Oregon. They have a grown son, Corey. This is his first novel.

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