Vertical, Rex Pickett
Vertical, Rex Pickett
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Vertical

Author: Rex Pickett

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 17 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2013

Synopsis

The follow-up novel to the blockbuster Sideways, the basis of a major motion picture, tracks the continuing story of Miles Raymond and his buddy Jack. It's seven years later. Miles has written a novel that has been made into a wildly successful movie, and the movie has changed his life. Jack, contrarily, is divorced, has a kid, and is on the skids. Phyllis, Miles' mom, has suffered a stroke that's left her wheelchair-bound and wasting away in assisted living. She desperately wants to live with her sister in Wisconsin. When Miles gets invited to be master of ceremonies at the International Pinot Festival in Oregon, he hatches a harebrained road trip. With Jack as his copilot, he leases a handicapped-equipped van, hires a pot-smoking Filipina caretaker, and, with his mother's rascally Yorkie in tow, they take off for Wisconsin via Oregon's fabled Willamette Valley. This is a road novel for the smart set and wine lover, and it is anything but predictable. "Better, richer than Sideways."-Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

About Rex Pickett

Rex Pickett is the critically acclaimed author of the novel Sideways, which was adapted into the iconic film of the same title. Sideways was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning for Best Adapted Screenplay, among 350 other plaudits. Pickett is the author of three Sideways sequels—the IPPY Gold Medal–winning Vertical, Sideways Chile, and now Sideways New Zealand. He is also the author of The Archivist. Pickett is currently working on a post–Sideways New Zealand trilogy. A Southern California native, the Rex Pickett Papers are currently enshrined at Geisel Library on the campus of his alma mater, the University of California San Diego.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott

So like many people, I saw Sideways the movie first and later found the novel. This is the sequel or update, if you will, on the adventures of Miles and Jack - 7 years after Sideways. There is somewhat of a role reversal at play, as Miles is now the successful (quasi-autobiographical) author and Jac......more

Goodreads review by Jakki

I am a huge fan of Pickett's first novel, Sideways, as many are and of course have also seen the movie. I am also someone who has vacationed in the Central Coast area and feel relatively familiar with it, as I do with Oregon where the mid part of this novel, Vertical takes place. I wanted to LOVE thi......more

Goodreads review by Mike

There were some sections that captured the magic of the original, but there were just as many (if not more) that were cringeworthy. The first 2/3 reads like a romance novel for dudes and the last 1/3 is terribly depressing.......more

Goodreads review by Byron

I didn't even know there was a sequel to Sideways, until I saw it the other day on the ultra discounted list at Amazon. That's not a good sign, is it? I guess at least there's still a place to buy it. Did you know there's not a bookstore anywhere in Nashville, since Borders went out of business? Thi......more

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