The Dialogues (of T Bone Goldfarb)

About the Book

For modern Western man to be socially disenfranchised, isolated, confused and clinging like a primate to any warm object is not a new literary idea. If fact, this novel takes the position there are no really new ideas. The fictional protagonist in this writing clings to the old masters of literature and philosophy as a means to bring some order to his world- our world of idiotic political sniping and meaningless materialism. Inevitably, of course our hero's self imposed exile drops him into the currents of inescapable depression and social nihilism- a perfect comic opportunity.

About the Author

D. Julius Loeb describes himself alternately as a writer and oil painter and is unashamed to call himself a poet and an "almost grownup" baby boomer. This is the author's fifth novel. Loeb has also published a collection of writings, poems and paintings from two 2004 art shows, He is currently working on publication of paintings, poems and drawings from more recent shows. Loeb lives and sometimes works in he Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. Loeb has academic background in art and history, studied philosophy and is a student of Eastern traditions.