A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar (Counterpoint)

Novelist Daniel Pyne (Twentynine Palms) launches his new novel, A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar, here at Skylight.

"Daniel Pyne's A Hole in the Ground Owned By a Liar will put to rest any idle fantasies the reader may have of setting out prospecting for gold. A harrowingly funny story of brotherly strife, amorous misconduct, and small dreams blown disastrously out of proportion. I loved it." --Scott Phillips, author of The Adjustment and national bestseller The Ice Harvest

"Smart, sexy, funny, and a brilliant storyteller. And that's just me. Wait till you read Dan . . . " --Eric Idle

Throughout his career, Daniel Pyne has moved freely between the world of television, film and books. His writing credits include The Manchurian Candidate, Fracture, Any Given Sunday, and Miami Vice. He is also author of the noir novel, Twentynine Palms (which was also made into a feature film). Pyne has a BA in Economics from Stanford University, and an MFA from UCLA’s film school, where he teaches a graduate seminar in screenwriting every winter. He lives in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife and children, two cats, two dogs, two lizards, and a turtle. For more info on Daniel Pyne, visit www.danielpyne.com.

A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar (Paperback)

By Daniel Pyne

$15.95

ISBN-13: 9781582437972
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Counterpoint, 1/2012

Lee, a high school shop teacher in Evergreen, Colorado, managed to survive his messy divorce only to hurtle into what some might call a full-on midlife crisis. Looking for a way to spend his weekends and the now painfully long summer vacation, Lee buys a gold mine off the internet--a real, honest-to-God mine, complete with tall tales of riches, a history of disappointment, and a couple of Pakistani-by-the-way-of-Jackson-Hole prospectors willing to kill for its contents.
With the frequently unwanted help of a band of locals, Lee becomes a weekend warrior, attempting to work the mine and keep himself distracted from his other midlife disturbances. There are the Pakistanis, of course, along with his mercurial brother Grant, just released from prison, who is trying in his typically perilous way to pull Lee from his midlife funk. There is his ex-wife Lorraine and her slick boyfriend, Stan Beachum, and the lovely yet mysterious Rayna, the first woman Lee's wanted to date since his divorce.
In Daniel Pyne's sharp, fun, and raucous style, "A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar" is part mystery and part gold-infused tall tale with a cast of refreshingly quirky characters and one highly unexpected payout.

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