Digging the Golden Fungus: The SwiftPad Insurgency: 2 - Softcover

Barckmann, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629016616 ISBN 13: 9781629016610

Publisher: Inkwater Press, 2019

Synopsis

The SwiftPad Insurgency, the second book in the SwiftPad trilogy, follows the founders and original crew of the Portland-based social media application SwiftPad. Nate Schuette, who wrote a sensational novel thirty years earlier (see Barckmann’s novel Farewell the Dragon), shows up in Portland with Paula Flayer, his promiscuous seventy-five-year-old girlfriend who has not physically aged since her late twenties. But Ben Cadez, former Nixon operative and Paula’s one-time lover, also wields the power of the youth-preserving Golden Fungus and is now a Republican candidate for President. They are all in the crosshairs of a deranged and corrupt President, and Portland must decide whether to co-opt or fight.

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Review

SwiftPad has now taken on a life of its own, spurring arguments between warring factions of opinionated phone addicts all over the world and, ultimately, spiraling out of control. This newly fractured international fearscape mirrors certain events taking place among real-world media outlets today, and raises the stakes for SwiftPad founders Kip “Chubby” Rehain and GG Oglethorpe. When America’s leader—a trash-tweeting president taken over the edge by one too many liberal dissenters—paints a massive bullseye on Kip and GG’s hometown of Portland, they’ll have to assemble all of their allies to stop the city—and nation—from crumbling down upon itself.  – The Red City Review

About the Author

Lee Barckmann lives in the Portland Oregon area. In the mid 80's he went to China to teach English, returning three years later with his wife Mary and son Zach. Has written two other novels.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inkwater Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629016616
• ISBN 13: 9781629016610
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334