Shorter of Breath, Ken Eckert
Shorter of Breath, Ken Eckert
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Shorter of Breath
8-Tracks. Aliens. Korea. Edmonton. And a chance to leave lame-o millennial culture for the '70s!

Author: Ken Eckert

Narrator: Kenneth Eckert

Unabridged: 14 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/13/2023


Synopsis

Leisure suits! Muscle cars! An annoyingly ethical cocktail-loving alien! Social justice radicals! Time-traveling terrorist music critics! Just like Jane Austen used to write! Why couldn't Alan be cool like people in the '70s? After breaking up with his girlfriend Sheila and unsatisfyingly teaching English in South Korea, he befriends an alien grad student, Coff, who lets him time-travel to swingin' 1967 England to live out his retro-boogie fantasy. But now 70 years old in Edmonton, Canada, Alan takes a chance in meeting Sheila again to confess his past, causing problems in time that Coff will need more than Fleetwood Mac and fuzzy dice to fix. When time-flow conflicts result in them being harassed by university radicals and half-real fictional characters out to prevent Starship from recording "We Built This City" in 1985, Alan, Coff, and Sheila must travel to a San Francisco disco in 1979 for a final showdown against the time-terrorists. Shorter of Breath is an enjoyable romp through expat life in Korea, retro 70's culture, and classic rock music.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bruce

I suggest you put on your flared jeans (preferably ones with a Canada flag in the flare), turn on some Pink Floyd for background music, fix yourself a bowl of Old Dutch ketchup chips and prepare to wash it down with a glass of Freshi (Kool-Aid is too pricey). Get comfortable on the chesterfield and p......more