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Published by Willam Morrow and Company, July 1993
GlimpsesGlimpses is currently out of print. Here's a preview of the first chapter. Quotes and Reviews"Lewis Shiner is the most important and promising young writer on the scene today. Glimpses has the raw power of a documentary, a nitty-gritty, minute-by-minute evocation of a highly personal journey. Glimpses captures the sixties perfectly—I was there, and it was the way Shiner writes it." —Dr. Timothy Leary "Glimpses is a book that invites
contemplation—of the tragic ways that many of the greatest musicians of our times
have destroyed themselves; of the unpredictable patterns of growth in individuals,
art, and society; of time and causality itself. Shiner grants nearly every character
here some moment of wisdom, some clarity of expression, so that each can express his
or her own truth. That he manages to do so without being obvious about it, that he can
convey all these points of view while keeping a complexly plotted novel going, is a
marvel of writing ability. In thematic grandeur, vividness, and sheer audacity, Glimpses
stands with G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, and other outstanding works of
magical realism.
—LA Reader
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