Ponder: A Novel

By: Daniel Roberts

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Synopsis: A darkly comic tale of love and loss in Walt Disney World at the turn of the millennium Murray &“Cheese&” Marks and John Apple, his slimmer, richer, more single friend, have chosen the happiest place on Earth for their annual boys&’ trip. Disney World may seem like a strange choice for two grown men on a glorified binge-drinking trip; it is. But Cheese has never been, and his wife allows him this expense-free trip. The Magic Kingdom was the last place John saw his parents before they died in a plane crash. John Apple was twelve then and wanted to return before he turned thirty. Cheese and John&’s buddy-comedy turns into a love-triangle drama when they meet a beautiful, free-spirited southern Belle named Virginia. John and Cheese quickly fall in love—but Virginia&’s parents inexplicably push her not toward the handsome, single millionaire, but toward Cheese. And Cheese can&’t help but encourage it—at least until his wife and John&’s ex descend on Florida.Ponder is the second novel from Daniel Roberts, author of the USA Today bestselling Bar Maid, and showcases the same sardonic style that Kirkus praised as &“old-school, slightly surreal humor [that] has a dash of Barthelme or Perelman.&”