WESTBURY, N.Y., Jan. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xlibris author Gorgeous George announces the release of his memoir, Eye Contact with Jesus. In this book, the author narrates an endless, riveting wild goose chase of experiences with the police, drugs, sports, and women.
Using a nickname during his younger days as pseudonym, Gorgeous George portrays his life as one grand adventure set in the great New York backdrop. Streetwise from the start, Gorgeous George recalls his various exploits on the streets, from shooting pool with truck drivers, pimping women and becoming a gigolo, picking up women, and getting hooked on various drugs. He especially recounts many instances of shooting crack, eventually becoming a certified "crackhead". All the same, Gorgeous George cleverly eludes FBI agents by lying right to their face during a raid.
Gorgeous George makes getting on with women an easy matter, describing his many encounters with an easy air. Despite his nonchalant narration, Gorgeous George affirms his unsmiling experience of racism in the seventies as he relates receiving repeated beatings from police in three precincts for the relatively minor offense of speeding. Nevertheless, Gorgeous George discloses the defining moment of meeting Jesus on Brooklyn Avenue and Prospect, whom he describes as six feet four, with eyes the color of a penny, and with thick, woolen curls for hair.
Eye Contact with Jesus is a full-speed rollercoaster ride packed into a tiny book that warrants a breathless, fast-paced adventure for the reader. For more information on this book, interested parties can log on to www.Xlibris.com.
Eye Contact with Jesus * by Gorgeous George
Publication Date: January 8, 2010
Trade Paperback; $15.99; 48 pages; 978-1-4415-8491-5
Trade Hardback; $24.99; 48 pages; 978-1-4415-8492-2
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