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A Man and His Luggage
Sale price: $0.49
Author(s): Stuart Woods
Binding: Digital
Label: Amazon.com
Language(s): English Published
List Price: $0.49
Manufacturer: Amazon.com
Number Of Pages: 9
Product Group: Book
Address: 2005-06-21
Publisher: Amazon.com
Release Date: 2005-06-21
Studio: Amazon.com
Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
This is the story of an obsessive and nearly lifelong struggle to find, obtain and hold onto the only luggage a man could ever want. As a footnote, last year, one of the Florida hurricanes ate two pieces of it. I am bereft.
Customer Reviews Average rating - 5.0
Rating - 5 Date: 2007-08-27
Content: Only Stuart Woods could write about, of all things, luggage - and make it a captivating and intriguing story! This is why each new Woods novel is greeted with such anticipation - the man can tell a story, even when the main "characters" are made of leather!
Summary: Reading about luggage... huh?
Rating - 5 Date: 2006-12-02
Content: The pull was quick, into this story of the barren financial beginnings of a current superstar in the world of mystery novels. Empathy was easily engendered in the opening paragraph:
>> ...One morning there appeared in the New York Times a full-page ad for the now-departed Abercrombie & Fitch, introducing its acquisition of a line of Italian luggage called "Whip di Roma." On my lunch hour I wandered across Madison Avenue and was boggled to find a sea of gorgeous honey-colored leather stretching over half a floor, incorporating everything from a shaving kit to a steamer trunk. Alas, I was unable to afford even the shaving kit. I slunk, humbled by my penury, back to... <<
As Woods linked time flashes, tracking the "Whip" line going dry, he simultaneously linked me into this tangy tale of growing "obsession." Obsession? I see this leathery love affair as a fluky gift from the "Universe." Why condemn it into the spiritless realm of psychological stigmata?
"The next years were spent in luggage wilderness. I never passed a leather shop without entering and casting a quick eye over the stock, hoping to find that somebody else had taken on the Whip line."
Avoid boredom through a hobby which provides something you're sparked to do, even in far away lands? Is not dat guut?
"For the next sixteen years I traveled widely and my cases were welcomed everywhere. Bellmen, stroking the leather, would cry, Beeootiful loggage! (this is an average of the various accents)."
Lines like that littered this journalistic excursion with sensual syntax.
"After a sleepless night the airline phoned: the cases were safe. They arrived later that morning, a little worse for the wear."
Who had the sleepless night? If a whole airline can have one of those, there's a second reason for Woods to own a pilot license and to fly himself in nearly daily dedication to nation-wide appearances signing his novels. The first reason for Woods's pilot license can be found in this prime example of an Amazon Short, which was the perfect length for me to read online, in one sitting, finishing as refreshed as if I'd sipped an iced Coke with healthy fizz, that heavy effervescence that Coca Cola used to have in the 50's.
I believe this story is true. If I hadn't explored Stuart Wood's web site, I might not believe that. Not overdone, Woods's site is stylish, and applies succinct syntax to directly inform who he is, what he's selling, and what he stands for. (See my reviews of PRINCE OF BEVERLY HILLS and RECKLESS ABANDON.)
Another true story is coming soon to Amazon Shorts. Every word, every surprise in COAL & COCA COLA is true. Maybe the reason is the season, for believing truths which may be hard to swallow, until the spirit shines and flavor flashes through.
Coal & Coca-cola
A MAN AND HIS LUGGAGE is as endearingly entertaining as a boy and his baggage might be, trailing twilights through maturity with images of red wagons carting starlight.
May your Amazon Library grow daily with brain spice additions!
Linda Shelnutt
Summary: Life Staged by Honey-Colored Leather
Rating - 5 Date: 2006-06-05
Content: This is certainly worth $0.49, and since you can't buy it anywhere else (to my knowledge), you should just go for it. It is a different style from his mystery books, but it is very funny. I do think some of the other reviewers are overestimating its honesty and underestimating its comedy. This itself is a testament to the excellent dry humor.
Summary: Hilarious Perspective Piece
Rating - 5 Date: 2006-04-30
Content: I just fell in love with Amazon shorts after reading A Man and His Luggage. It is a narration of how a little obsession can transoform ones life, creep into it and rule one. Here is something you want to read and reread for the humor and the wisdom. I am hooked.
Summary: Humor, truth delivered with punch
Rating - 5 Date: 2006-04-29
Content: Ever see that special something that you just had to have? Then once you have it you must raise your standards to the level that your possession now requires of you? Well for Mr. Woods it was luggage, and the trials and tribulations of acquiring it, then living up to its standard provide a humorous interlude well worth the read. I am waiting to see his luggage make an appearance in the home of Stone Barrington.
Summary: Living up to our possessions
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