November+2010

Book Club at LVL's  Drink, Play, F@ck: One man's search for anything across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand



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Synopsis
In //Drink, Play, F@#k// Bob Sullivan, a jilted husband, sets off to explore the world, experience a meaningful connection with the divine, and rediscover his passion. His travels lead him from his home in New York City to a drinking bender across Ireland, through the glitz and glamour that is Las Vegas, and to the hedonistic pleasure palaces of Thailand. After a lifetime of playing it safe, Mr. Sullivan finally follows his heart and lives out everyone's deepest fantasies. For who among us hasn't dreamed of standing stark naked, head upturned, and mouth agape beneath a cascading torrent of Guinness Stout? What could be more exhilarating than losing every penny you have because Charlie Weiss went for a meaningless last-second field goal? And what sensate creature could ever doubt that the greatest pleasure known to man can be found in a leaky bamboo shack filled with glassy-eyed, bruised Asian hookers? Bob Sullivan has a lot to teach us about life. Let's just pray we have the wisdom to put aside our preconceptions and listen. Because what Bob Sullivan finds isn't at all what he expected.

Publishers Weekly
As an impudent retort to Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling Eat Pray Love, the book that swept book clubs and bestseller charts throughout 2006, this comic travelogue is nothing if not a conversation starter. Fortunately, it's also a dizzyingly fun parody that apes Gilbert in its premise (Ireland, Las Vegas and Thailand replace Gilbert's post-divorce destinations, Italy, India and Indonesia) and its particulars, mirroring plot developments and platitudes line by line (where Eat Pray Love opens with its protagonist contemplating a kiss with an Italian named Giovanni, Gottlieb starts moments from a liplock between his narrator, divorcee Bob Sullivan, and Giovanna. That kind of parody can wear over pages, but Gottlieb's protagonist is a likable and entertaining enough rascal to carry the story and, with the help of a happy-go-lucky personal trainer named Rick, do some good-humored philosophizing on the gender-trumping predicament of heart-break. Still, anyone who has suspected that boys have a bit more fun than girls will find their theories confirmed, as Gottlieb packs in just as much adventure as Gilbert, with a quarter of the self-seriousness.

__Barnes and Noble:__ ($10.00 List price) They can order the novel for you in the store and have it within 5 business days (plus you get 20% off the cover price with your educator discount card which is free to have) or you can order online (Follow the link) [] __Amazon:__ ($9.32 New or $3.34 Used) (Follow the link to buy the novel) []
 * How to Buy:**


 * Location:** LVL's Apartment in Raleigh

__From Durham-__ [] __From Butner/Oxford-__ []
 * Directions:**


 * FROM DURHAM:**
 * Take US-70 East to Raleigh
 * When you get to Brier Creek, you will come to the I-540 interchange... you want to be in the "2nd furthest from the right" lane
 * At the I-540 interchange, get on I-540 East (the exit numbers should be increasing)
 * Take I-540 East to EXIT 16, Capital Blvd.
 * Take a RIGHT off the exit onto Capital Blvd/US-1 South (going towards Raleigh-Downtown)
 * At the first light (almost immediately), take a RIGHT onto Old Wake Forest rd.
 * At the first light (almost immediately), take a RIGHT onto Ruritania rd./st.
 * Eventually Perry Point apartment complex comes up on your Right hand side. DO NOT TURN INTO THE COMPLEX! Keep going until you get to the last apartment building on the right side (you are still on Ruritania!).
 * I will have a HOT PINK CHRISTMAS TREE that you can see from the street on the balcony. I live on the 3rd floor, apartment 302. The apartment balcony and stairwell faces the street.

LVL's CELL #: (404) 444-4147
 * FROM BUTNER:**
 * Take a RIGHT onto D Street out of the school
 * Take a LEFT onto Main street/Cash rd.
 * Cross over I-85, and continue until the street dead ends at a stop sign
 * Take a LEFT onto Old Weaver Trail
 * At the stop sign, take a RIGHT onto Creedmoor rd/US-50 going towards Raleigh
 * At the I-540 interchange, get on I-540 East (the exit numbers should be increasing)
 * Take I-540 East to EXIT 16, Capital Blvd.
 * Take a RIGHT off the exit onto Capital Blvd/US-1 South (going towards Raleigh-Downtown)
 * At the first light (almost immediately), take a RIGHT onto Old Wake Forest rd.
 * At the first light (almost immediately), take a RIGHT onto Ruritania rd./st.
 * Eventually Perry Point apartment complex comes up on your Right hand side. DO NOT TURN INTO THE COMPLEX! Keep going until you get to the last apartment building on the right side (you are still on Ruritania!).
 * I will have a HOT PINK CHRISTMAS TREE that you can see from the street on the balcony. I live on the 3rd floor, apartment 302. The apartment balcony and stairwell faces the street.

__Address-__ 3210 Trimblestone Lane Apt. #302, Raleigh, NC 27616

LVL- Multiple "mini dishes" (basically main-course type food in bite-size portions) LVL- Buckeyes (cookies/dessert) KP- pizza Shawn- Hot Taco Joe dip w/ chips Beth- cookies Mary- Baked Cheese and Vegetable Twist Jill- cranberry/cream cheese dish Kristen- Cheesecake phyllo cups Colleen- rice primavara salad Dawn-Not sure but will be bringing something!
 * Food To Be Eaten:**