The Camper
- ISBN-10
- 0996852476
- ISBN-13
- 9780996852470
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-23
- Author
- Peter Jason Payne
Description
Our protagonist, the camper, uses his catty arrogance as a shield against the rainstorms of his deeply troubled life.Despite his all shortcomings, he has one gift.Whenever he sleeps, his dreams project him to a rain-soaked forest where he finds solace in a tarpaulin tent.Unfortunately, the rain, the tent, and the camping buddies he meets are all subconscious metaphors for the real-life need he's starving for: shelter from a downpour endless angst, loneliness and alienation.When he meets Russell, he ignores the chemistry between them, instead clinging to his hopelessly incompatible relationship with his boyfriend Michael. But then Michael leaves, fed up with their caustic relationship, and the bewildered camper realizes too late that Michael is not the monster he made him out to be.With Michael gone, the camper's arrogance and feigned indifference crumbles, and he begins to treasure the things he once despised.The Camper is the story of one man's mid-life crisis, punctuated by dark humor, frank sexuality, and human frailty.
