{"product_id":"hallucinabulia-the-dream-diary-of-an-unintended-solitarian-paperback","title":"Hallucinabulia: the Dream Diary of an Unintended Solitarian - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Wictor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHallucinabulia: the Dream Diary of an Unintended Solitarian\u003c\/i\u003e is a document of disaster and recovery. The third volume in the \u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e Trilogy, it joins \u003ci\u003eGhosts and Ballyhoo: Memoirs of a Failed L.A. Music Journalist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChasing the Last Whale, \u003c\/i\u003e a fictional black comedy about love and suicide in contemporary, wartime America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike its two companion titles, \u003ci\u003eHallucinabulia\u003c\/i\u003e explores the theme of overcoming a deeply traumatic past by transforming anger over loss into gratitude for what once was. Plagued by chronic nightmares until an incurable illness finally allowed him to achieve happiness, Wictor published this very private record in order to bear witness, banish, and entertain. The healing power of laughter is again demonstrated and affirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWictor's near-perfect recall allowed him to capture some of the most off-kilter, frightening, strange, and funny imagery that a twisted imagination could ever devise. The diary-divided into twelve chapters organized by subject matter-provides context to the memoir and the novel by presenting the nocturnal battles the author fought with his demons, as well as the salvation that his angels conferred. Straight from Wictor's subconscious, the dialog, bizarre scenery, and outlandish situations are preserved in the form of intricately detailed short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe characters introduced in \u003ci\u003eGhosts and Ballyhoo\u003c\/i\u003e and romanticized in \u003ci\u003eChasing the Last Whale\u003c\/i\u003e are finally set free in \u003ci\u003eHallucinabulia, \u003c\/i\u003e being no longer bound by law, nature, or even reality. The result is a book that travels an arc from incomprehensibly brutal to indestructibly optimistic, as intense evil gives way to infinite beauty and good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Wictor was born in Caripito, Venezuela, and has lived in Texas, the Netherlands, Norway, Great Britain, Oregon, Japan, and California. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Lewis and Clark College and has worked as a stevedore, library archivist, conversational English teacher, editor of the world's first online newspaper, voice-over actor, delivery driver, process server, field representative for a document-retrieval service, scale-model builder, and music journalist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is the author of seven books and is the planet's only expert on World War I flamethrowers, an accomplishment he attained completely by default, since nobody else is interested in them. A former Contributing Editor at \"Bass Player, \" he was once a semi-professional bass guitarist in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48373582528682,"sku":"9780615851815","price":31.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/1475\/4218\/files\/ntSSN0bXLo9780615851815.webp?v=1780538039","url":"https:\/\/wiccancenter.com\/ja\/products\/hallucinabulia-the-dream-diary-of-an-unintended-solitarian-paperback","provider":"Wiccan Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}