Bøger af Terry Pinaud

1982. HIV and AIDS are barely understood. When a woman dies after a minor postpartum complication that requires a blood transfusion, her husband, Dr. Steven Wong, wants revenge. Thus begins a journey that lasts into the 21st century. Hate and anger always have a beginning. Will they have an end?

Mohammad (Mo) Alavi, a transplanted Iranian scientist and medical doctor is in the grip of selective amnesia that started ever since he lost his partner, Aden Birch, in Iraq during Desert Storm. He has accepted a position in Cook County General in Chicago, which is a conservative organization headed by Dr. Steven Wong. In addition to holding the position of chief of staff, Wong is a nationally renowned virologist, who has his own agenda regarding homosexuality. Mo is desperate. He loses time and place. His state of mind has pushed him to the edge of insanity. He can no longer differentiate dreams from memories. Even his physical reality has become a plaything of his delusions: is he in a gay bar in Chicago or in Louisville where he met Aden? Is he in North Carolina or in his living room pondering a murder? Is he a healer or a killer? Alone and lost, he tries to find answers. What is he running away from -- secrets he doesn't remember, the dreams of his mixed-up mind, Wong, himself? But where do you go if you are running from yourself?

Do you read the ending of the book first? What if your friend gives away the ending of the movie you've been looking forward to seeing? More than science fiction, The Fixer is about human reactions to knowing too much and the fallout a vision of the future could create. Eric is good with his hands, a mechanic and a Korean War veteran with no visible talents except a knack for fixing cars. He lives a quiet and lonely life in Bedford, Indiana. To the community, he is an odd man -- the Boo Radley of Bedford. Privately, all he wants is to be left alone. He is tormented by his childhood memories and the memories of war. But he has inherited a special power from his mother that he tries to use for good. Instead, he has been ridiculed and his efforts have led only to a sense of helplessness. Enter Jane, a music student at Indiana University, a modern woman, aggressive and unabashed, who happens by his shop. She is infatuated with Eric and asks him out on a date. Will the dinner lead to a one-night stand? Or can Jane do more? Can she change Eric's life? Can she give his life purpose and end the turmoil?