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Announcing a major publishing event. Trevanian is offering for free the first part of his Bohemian tale Street of the Four Winds on the web site that he has endorsed, trevanian.com The first part of the Internet Edition will be available for download on 18th July. This is the second of two important internet give-aways that Trevanian has devised this year for his intensely supportive fans around the world and he is also asking readers in what kind of form they would like to read the rest of the novel. Gravity Publishing expects that with enough interest a lavish signed and numbered edition can be produced. In Street of the Four Winds, Trevanian's liberal outlook is more evident. He has used his political awareness to imbue the tragic-comic Victorian novel with the concerns of the present. He has combined the bawdy witty voice of Nicholas Seare (another alter ego who wrote two mediaeval comedies) and the affectionate Basque teller of tales Arnaud LeCagot with meticulous research of life in Paris in the mid-19th century to produce a fast-paced, panoramic vision of the Bohemian ideal colliding with humanized representatives of those political and economic forces of what was just beginning to be sensed as the 'system'. History/general Internet resource paperback 60 pages, one illustration, free to download ISBN 0-09544831-2-X read an excerpt | click here to download

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street Cybernotes Companion Along with the novel, Trevanian has written a cybernotes companion to it, containing a wealth of additional background detail and commentaries on the period as well as general asides on events today. The cybernotes can be downloaded for free here. After his experiences of the Depression and the slums, these cybernotes mark the gradual awakening in an intelligent and advanced young boy of the personal liberal conscience that so marked American politics in the first half of the 20th century, and which has now retreated in confusion and disfavor at the start of the 21st century. Literature/general, internet resource paperback ISBN 0954483111 download your copy here

The Jade Suit Andrew Kennedy's masterful evocation of Taoist philosophy through the telling of a love story that spans the ages of Chinese history from Shih Huang Ti to Tiananmen square. This is the first edition of the full text of his 1500 line poem and includes the poet's remarks and line notes. Reproduced in the text are black and white details from seven Chinese paintings and drawings poetry quality paperback 64 pages illustrated recommended retail $10 / 10€ read an excerpt | read the reviews | order this book from Amazon