Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Giveaway~ My Name Is Will by Jess Winfield

A Tale of two Shakespeares...
Struggling UC Santa Cruz grad student Willie Shakespeare Greenberg is trying to write his thesis about the Bard. Kind of...Cut off by his father for laziness, and desperate for dough, Willie agrees to deliver a single giant, psychedelic mushroom to a mysterious collector, making himself an unwitting target in Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. Meanwhile, would-be playwright (and oppressed Catholic) William Shakespeare is eighteen years old and stuck teaching Latin in the boondocks of Stratford-upon-Avon. The future Bard's life is turned upside down when a stranger entrusts him with a sacred relic from Rome... This, at a time when adherents of the "Old Faith" are being hanged, drawn, and quartered as traitors.Seemingly separated in time and place, the lives of Willie and William begin to intersect in curious ways, from harrowing encounters with the law (and a few ex-girlfriends) to dubious experiments with mind-altering substances. Their misadventures could be dismissed as youthful folly. But wise or foolish, the bold choices they make will shape not only the 'Shakespeare' each is destined to come... but the very course of history itself.

About the Contest:
Open to US & Canadian addresses. No PO Boxes please.
5 winners will be chosen on July 20th by random.org
A very special thanks to Hachette Book Group
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10 comments:

Pam said...

This sounds good! I'd love to be entered. Glad your brother is doing better.

budletsmom said...

I would love to win this book.

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budletsmom said...

I am a follower.

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Pam said...

forgot to add that I'm a follower

LoveMyCoffee said...

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ChristyJan said...

Please enter me

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Belle said...

This book sounds like an interesting read! I'd love to be entered in the giveaway. msbookishreviews *at* gmail (dot) com

MurderMysteryMayhem said...

Please enter me.

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MurderMysteryMayhem said...

I am a new follower....love your background!

Marjorie/cenya2 said...

I am a new follower, please count me in,
many thanks.

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