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This satirical comedy takes place in Aspen, Colorado, second home to billionaires and corporate titans, as well as the ski bums and service staff who keep the town running. Waddy Brush, a young computer programmer, stumbles into a new life in Aspen, falling in with Mortimer Dooberry, a best-selling author/psychologist who lives from scam to scam. Thus begins a story with many twists and unforgettable characters at every turn: a pink-Hummer-driving oil queen, a vacuous heir to a toilet maker's fortune, a cocaine-sniffing rock star, and many more. At stake is the development of the last unspoiled valley in Aspen and a get-rich-quick scheme that pushes the limits of ethics in the Information Age. A clever and entertaining read, Dizzying Heights reaches the satisfying conclusion that good guys don't have to finish last.
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Bruce Ducker was raised in New York City and has spent most of his working life practicing corporate law. He has been writing novels since 1975, and his eighth and ninth books will be published in 2008. He won the Colorado Book Award for Lead Us Not into Penn Station.
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"...characters take on a life of their own...a temporary, giant romp in the privileged playpen of the rich & famous." -- Denver Post, May 23, 2008
"...cover shows a lovely chocolate cake--an apt illustration, because this book is completely delicious...readers will devour it." -- Westword, May 29, 2008
"...lampoons the extravagant lifestyles of Aspen's wealthy residents, business tycoons, and psuedo-intellectuals...a tale of the rich and shameless." -- The Common Review
"...the book is fun...a great job of painting a picture of Aspen, with it's over-the-top social strata." -- Blogcritics.org, June 22, 2008
"...variety of entertaining characters...has a classic theme of greed, ego and materialism, but handled with a light, deft touch." -- Bookviews, August 2008
"...As there's a vein of American literature considered "Southern," Ducker has captured the essence of the West and its literature." --The Compulsive Reader
"...cover shows a lovely chocolate cake--an apt illustration, because this book is completely delicious...readers will devour it." -- Westword, May 29, 2008
"...lampoons the extravagant lifestyles of Aspen's wealthy residents, business tycoons, and psuedo-intellectuals...a tale of the rich and shameless." -- The Common Review
"...the book is fun...a great job of painting a picture of Aspen, with it's over-the-top social strata." -- Blogcritics.org, June 22, 2008
"...variety of entertaining characters...has a classic theme of greed, ego and materialism, but handled with a light, deft touch." -- Bookviews, August 2008
"...As there's a vein of American literature considered "Southern," Ducker has captured the essence of the West and its literature." --The Compulsive Reader
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- PublisherFulcrum Publishing
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1555916856
- ISBN 13 9781555916855
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages352
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