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In The Theoretics of Love, Joe Taylor turns his fierce wit and storytelling talents to love, death and murder in the Bluegrass state. Fresh out of school, anthropoligist Dr. Clarissa Circle finds herself thrust into a mysterious forensics investigation after exposing what was thought to be a Native American burial ground as a mass grave of not-so-recently murdered bodies. Is a cult behind the killings? Were these ritual murders? Hired as a consultant to the local police department, Circle spends half of her time dusting bones and the other half knocking boots with homicide detective Willy Cox and an aging hippie who goes by the name of Methuselah. A double suicide is discovered. And the plot thickens from there as other disturbing events unfold and people of questionable character surface and collide in this kaleidoscopic murder mystery/love story that is also madcap fun.
Part Hunter S. Thompson, part Woody Allen, Joe Taylor's tilted realism and quirky humor combine in this fast-paced novel that gleefully exposes our human foibles and heart. In The Theoretics of Love the motives behind the ritual murders rocking Kentucky are obscure and difficult to identify. Intimacy and love, as it turns out, prove to be every bit as theoretical. Joe Taylor gives love and passion a workout in the Bluegrass state in this new novel, which may be his best. Charles McNair, award-winning author of Pickett's Charge and other novels, asks "Why isn't Joe Taylor famous? I laughed out loud three times in the first chapter of Theoretics of Love. A few chapters later, I felt my heart would break. There's nothing theoretical about Taylor's talent. You'll love this love story."
Part Hunter S. Thompson, part Woody Allen, Joe Taylor's tilted realism and quirky humor combine in this fast-paced novel that gleefully exposes our human foibles and heart. In The Theoretics of Love the motives behind the ritual murders rocking Kentucky are obscure and difficult to identify. Intimacy and love, as it turns out, prove to be every bit as theoretical. Joe Taylor gives love and passion a workout in the Bluegrass state in this new novel, which may be his best. Charles McNair, award-winning author of Pickett's Charge and other novels, asks "Why isn't Joe Taylor famous? I laughed out loud three times in the first chapter of Theoretics of Love. A few chapters later, I felt my heart would break. There's nothing theoretical about Taylor's talent. You'll love this love story."
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"What to say about Joe Taylor's brilliant, ambitious new novel? That it's a mystery story wrapped in a literary romp? That its chorus of voices are all convincing, beautifully realized, and full of energetic duende? That its sentences are often Nabokovian and its characters straight out of CSI-Wonderland? That I am in awe of it? All I can say is read it. This is a big-hearted, generous novel-a sto
Corey Mesler, author of Memphis Movie and Robert Walker
"Joe Taylor is a wonder and a gift to us all, and especially to Southern letters. I'm grateful for his generous spirit, for his big-hearted writing, and, of course, for his astoundingly beautiful beard."
Brad Watson, author of Miss Jane
"Why isn't Joe Taylor famous? I laughed out loud three times in the first chapter of The Theoretics of Love. A few chapters later, I felt my heart would break. There's nothing theoretical about Taylor's talent. You'll love this love story."
Charles McNair, author of Pickett's Charge, Land O' Goshen, The Epicureans, and Play It Ag