Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women, and Water by Kenton Geer
Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women, and Water
by Kenton Geer
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My Ratings 4.3/5
Synopsis
Most fisherman don’t really fish just to catch fish. While we might appear to only fill our boats with fish, the reality is fishing fills our hearts with purpose. Many of us don’t conform to land well, or even at all. We often find ourselves more lost on dirt and grass than a parakeet in the middle of the ocean. The rogue nature of men who often live in vast waters without roads and traffic signs makes for a bad fit in a society filled with rules and regulations. Our relationship with the opposite sex is perhaps the most difficult aspect of being a fisherman. We often fight a winless battle between our primordial desire to be accepted and loved versus the unrelenting beckoning of the ocean. A fisherman has two lives: the one where he stares at sea from land and the life where he stares at land from sea. For the fisherman, the question is not whether joy or pain are on the horizon for they’ve come to learn that both live hand in hand. The sea teaches men they cannot appreciate joy without knowing pain, and pain is not fully recognized without first experiencing joy. Loads of fish and welcoming arms are the Ying to the Yang in the darkest nights, both at sea and ashore. Despite being shackled to both like an anchor to a chain, fisherman will forever be hopelessly torn apart so long as the sea has fish, and the land has women. "Vicious Cycle" is a collection of the author’s personal tales from the sea and personal battles on land, likely resonating with every man who calls the sea home. Geer loved the ocean before he even truly knew the definition of love. He spent his lifetime trying to be nothing more than accepted as a fisherman. Now, he shares those stories and those challenges with you. This book is for those that understand that beauty can be found in something that seemingly possess no traits of the traditional definition of beautiful.
My Thoughts
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women, and Water is an amazing collection of the author’s journey from the sea and personal battles on land, likely resonating with every man who calls the sea home. Kenton Geer stories are epic...but Kenton keeps equal focus on the human element: the natural beauty, love , life and ell humanly emotions. An extremely well written book. Kenton Geer was absolutely the right person to capture it. Like many people, I buy a lot of electronic format books. But when I run across a classic, I always get a hard copy for my bookshelf. This one will be right there next there next to Tom McGuane.
Ultimately, Vicious Cycle: Whiskey, Women, and Water is the story of our relationship with the natural world.
Overall I must say , I’m an avid reader of many genres, history, current events, art, fiction and nonfiction, outdoor adventure, humor and others. Although this book is in particular about fishing flushed with amazing tales of the oceans including technical fishing descriptions , the greatest read for anyone who loves adventure on the sea( in my opinion). It also about obsession, perseverance, large personalities, tenacity, and the human fascination with Adventures and achieving. I highly recommend this book to anyone whether or not you are an avid fisherman ( or woman). Kenton Geer is one of the finest and different American writers out there today in my opinion. I would put his style and prose up there with the very best writers out there today. His has the great ability to translate nuance for those of us average people to understand very clearly the subject matter he is conveying.
BUY THIS BOOK!!!
You will not be sorry if you do. I highly recommend his other books as well, as I’ve read them all.
A perfect armchair book for those missing the days fishing on the flats with only the horizon stretching out beyond the mangroves. Intelligent, fair-minded and uncommonly readable.
Highly Recommended!
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