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The Prophet of the Funk and Other Tales From the O
DAVID VASQUEZ., author
Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)
Orlando, Kissimmee, Central Florida, the names we attribute to this place bring to mind a variety of images. But far from the images put forth by commercials, and more complex than the simplifications made by the media, is a story of people living in a unique society. In this land of cheap ticket booths, hospitality giants, technological triumph, and social failure there are many stories unfolding.
A group of people take action, when a resort's policies inspire a triumphant, and comedic declaration of liberty. On the other side of town, one man is struggling to keep up the facade of a "perfect city". Visions of a new truth, a blunt truth, inspires a new attitude in how he handles a diverse tourist crowd, Further down Interstate-4, the institution that transformed this city almost 45 years ago is still a giant. Inside the purple gates of this wonderland, a deadly sound is growing. Feeding off the young and equally massive workforce, the Anti-groove creeps into one speaker after another. Born of the humidity, comes a prophet, unaware of how instrumental his Groove is for keeping the town he loves from sinking in a soundless sorrow.