Lethe Press, Day 4 Giveaway: Paris Demands by Mark Miksche

*** Congrats to Bindi and NBeranek who won the giveaways! ***

To celebrate On Top Down Under Book Review’s 3rd blog-versary, Steve Berman and Lethe Press have kindly offered to give away a book a day during the entire month of October. 

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on the bottom of each post. If you receive a spam notification while commenting, no worries. We will see it and move it to the appropriate post. 
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Good luck to all who enter and make sure you check back daily to see the next giveaway.
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Join us in sending a huge thank you to Steve and Lethe Press for the generosity in helping us celebrate our 3rd year!
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Paris DemandsParis Demands by Mark Miksche
 
 
Roger, a young man, finds himself more-than-a-tourist but less than a Parisian in the City of Lights. Escaping a relationship with a friend that was never as platonic as his own parents believed, Roger discovers the nights and men of Paris to be affairs complicated by drugs, ex-patriots, and trysts. His awkward relationship with Marcel, a laconic native as addicting as the coke he sells, threatens to smother Roger. Life could be a trap of simply rolling out of bed, seeing a face as tangled as the linens, wiping the blow from your upper lip, readying yourself for another night in the bars and clubs of Paris. Does a city that prides itself on fostering love ever truly inspire it?
 
 
Paris Demands
 
 
Paris Demands 2This is the boldest of this week’s books – at times raunchy and very naughty, it is the story of a young man who seeks to live life to the fullest in Paris. Of course, to him, such a life involves a great deal of sex, drugs, and partying. Yet this is not a trashy novel. Miksche’s hero is really seeking love but, as the book opens, is too immature what that entails. Mark sent me the manuscript hoping to spark my interest and was rewarded with a contract.
 
 
We have two copies of Paris Demands to give away. You may choose print or digital editions.


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Bindi

This looks awesome. I love the author photo and the background. Funny!! Add me to the mix, please.

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Kazza K
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You’re right – I just noticed the angel/halo penis, Bindi. Thanks for stopping by and commenting 🙂

Kazza K
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A new author to me and I really like the blurb – ah yes, to not be quite Parisian but not quite a tourist, quite the quandary 🙂
Many thanks to Lethe for another wonderful giveaway and for opening up new reading material for all of us.

NBeranek
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I’ve read more titles from Lethe Press than from any other house. This book is on my TBA pile. Fingers crossed.

Carolyn
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Carolyn

When a book is set in Paris, there’s a sort of shorthand because we know so much about it, or think we do. I’m interested in finding out how it’s used and subverted and what new tales can be told from it.

Dianna
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Dianna

This sounds good. Please include me in the draw as well. Thanks

Ree Dee
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Ree Dee

Congratulations on the 3rd Anniversary Celebration! I am celebrating too because I am being introduced to so many new writers! This is so exciting for me! Thank you.

Ree Dee
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Ree Dee

Thank you for the chance to read another new author’s work.

Sula
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Sula

Thank you for introducing us to so many new authors and for a chance to win their books. This almost reminds me of a film I watched recently about a young American actor who, in a drunken and possibly drug induced stupor, finds exactly what he was looking for, after he was rescued by an older Parisian man who had no idea who he was.

Alexi
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Alexi

I’m cracking up over the background in the author photo. Another great giveaway. Thanks!!!