The Genius Club for Survivors Only
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491_9781939054692
THE GENIUS CLUB: A novel of life and survival in a declining AmericaThe setting is the Eldorado Estates Country Club resort in a tony area of Southern Florida. The resort was once upon its opening the place, a restricted conclave and playground of the very wealthy. But as the area developed and other plusher resorts dotted the area, Eldorado became a second class destination now unrestricted and open to anyone who could afford it. The facilities were still there but it no longer held the same panache, as it dropped a notch and became a status spot for more of the older middle class. Douglas Carpenter is gifted two months at Eldorado every year-December and January-by his son Chance with the understanding that Doug does not visit him and his family over the holidays. Doug, a retired corporate executive with the looks of a garden gnome wanders aimlessly around the resort assuming the role of a womanizer-a role he always fantasized about but never has been. His afternoon ritual is to have his happy hour at 3 PM every day in the resorts bar The Sun and Fun Room trying with no luck to pick-up women, really any woman. At age 80, even with the aging princesses and matriarchs abounding, it is not an easy task. Then one day his performance piece attracts Velma Robinson a voluptuous lady of 70 who still turns heads (even old lecherous heads) in a revealing bikini. They somehow hit it off (miracles can happen) and to relieve their boredom and loneliness they form what they call The Genius Club as a guise to tackle societys problems. They never envisioned anything really happening other than stimulation to relieve their boredom. As others join them, The Genius Club takes shape as a reservoir of others stories and hope for change in a society gone mad. Even if nothing is accomplished it becomes a form of group therapy where some lost and disgruntled souls can become involved and stimulated. The book depicts a possible route for people to get involved and take some
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