A Dancing Bear
A Dancing Bear by David Free, published by Lulu.com in June 2007, is a work of fiction that explores the complexities of love and ideology. Set on an unnamed university campus in the late 20th century, the narrative follows Fenton Bland, a young man who joins a society of student Maoists to get closer to the girl he loves. As he navigates this covert world, he discovers that his romantic interest is involved with the group’s leader, who has unsettling ambitions related to revolutionary terror.
Readers will find a story that delves into themes of obsession and moral conflict, as Fenton becomes entangled in a surreal environment filled with death lists and clandestine operations. The book presents a unique perspective on the lengths one might go to for love, juxtaposed with the darker elements of political extremism. With 328 pages, this edition offers a detailed exploration of Fenton’s choices and the consequences that follow, inviting readers to reflect on the intersections of personal desire and radical ideology.
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What if getting the girl meant becoming a terrorist wet boy? On an unnamed university campus late in the 20th century, a young man named Fenton Bland joins a society of student Maoists in order to get near the girl he loves. But the girl turns out to belong to the chief Maoist – and HE turns out to harbor alarming aspirations in the field of revolutionary terror. And so Fenton, wearing a forcibly grown beard, finds himself propelled into a bizarre covert world of death lists, backyard bomb labs, untraceable handguns, and attempted wet jobs of wildly varying quality – a world in which he must choose between losing the girl forever or else participating, perhaps very soon, in a successful terrorist atrocity …
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