Trash Talk by Sarasota, FL, Amagansett, NY Resident Bob Gussin Named Finalist in National Book Awards Competition
Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) May 15, 2007 -- Trash Talk by Robert Gussin has been named a finalist in the Humor category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. Sponsored by PubInsider magazine, the awards celebrate excellence in independent publishing.
A respected medical researcher, Robert Gussin takes a dramatic turn from authoring scientific publications and academic textbooks, to creating his first novel, Trash Talk. Gussin, who retired from Johnson & Johnson as the Corporate Vice President of Science & Technology and Chief Scientific Officer in 2000, combines two of his passions - science and sports - in this hilarious new book about what happens when disparate worlds collide.
In Trash Talk, (Oceanview Publishing, $14.95, ISBN: 1-933515-04-X) behavior - or rather, misbehavior - in the professional sports world has escalated to the point where the commissioners have to step in and issue an ultimatum to the athletes: it is time for the players to straighten up. The commissioners have had enough of the bullying, badgering, misbehavior and misdeeds, and they issue a mandatory non-sports related education requirement to all players of the pro football, baseball, basketball and hockey worlds.
Dark days for the athletes until one of them sees an ad for an upcoming S.E.S. "Trash Talk" symposium. Perfect! None of the athletes knew, or even cared, what S.E.S. was, but trash talk was their specialty. The annual meeting of Sarasota Environmentalist Society (S.E.S.), will be a surprise of a lifetime in this wildly entertaining, wickedly comical story about misbehavior, miscommunications, and major league misunderstandings
Jeremiah Healy, author of The Only Good Lawyer and Turnabout, calls Trash Talk "a genuinely clever - and frighteningly plausible - novel with great potential for the big screen."
Trash Talk was also named a finalist in the humor category of the Best Books 2006 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. In addition, Publishers Weekly highlighted Trash Talk as one of the sports books of the season in the October 2, 2006 issue.
Robert Gussin and his wife, Dr. Patricia Gussin, divide their time between Longboat Key, Florida, East Hampton, New York, and their vineyard in Marlborough, New Zealand. For more information, please visit www.bobgussin.com
Oceanview Publishing (www.oceanviewpub.com) is an independent publisher based in Massachusetts. In addition to Trash Talk, the Oceanview catalog includes: Shadow of Death by Patricia Gussin, The Perfect Assassin by Ward Larsen, South Beach Shakedown by Don Bruns, Death Angel by Martha Powers, Ladykiller by Lawrence Light and Meredith Anthony, as well as the forthcoming The Castro Gene (May 15) by international bestselling author Todd Buchholz, Stuff to Die For (September 1) by Don Bruns, A Grave Breach (October 1) by James Macomber, Egrets to the Flames (November 1) by Barbara Anton, and Twisted Justice (December 1) as well as a trade paper edition of Shadow of Death (December 1) both by Patricia Gussin. Members of the news media wishing to request review copies, interviews or additional information are kindly asked to contact Maryglenn McCombs by phone - (615) 297-9875, or by email - maryglenn @ maryglenn.com
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