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About The Oedipus Syndrome
It all began on a very warm winter's day, by Southern California standards, on January 28, 1999. My grandson, Austin, we call him Tino, needed extra tutoring in Global History in order to pass it for the current semester. He was a borderline 'D' and needed a 'C' to pass. Since I was an avid history buff, he came to stay with me for two weeks to help him 'cram' the subject into his brain. It became apparent the first day that he needed quiet study time after each verbal lesson. That gave me 'dead' time on my hands; about six hundred years worth -- from 1000 BC, the end of the building of the Egyptian pyramids, the fall of the Macedonians and into the rise of the Greek culture in 400 BC.
I started to jot down notes of mental pictures, while he studied, from the history lesson. All kinds of images were dancing around in my head like they used to when I was his age. I could never draw form pictures perse, as my mother could, but I always did know how to make 'word pictures'. One word picture led to another and there I was, at the end of our first day -- hooked again.
At the end of two weeks, Tino had a notebook full of dry, ancient history notes and I had a notebook full of 'word pictures'. He got a mid 'C' in Global History and I got the start of my first novel.
THE OEDIPUS SYNDROME is a frank, engaging and culturally rich look into the life of Raf Frataleon, the inheritor and current CEO of the family business, Frataleon, Inc. The author introduces us to the middle-aged Raf during a pinnacle turning point in his career as he ruminates over past family tragedies and personal self doubts. Written as a six book series, THE OEDIPUS SYNDROME is a step-by-step introspective examination of a man whose core beliefs are threatened and who is blindly betrayed by past promises. Restitution from unsuspecting sources comes to him but at a very high cost.
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The Oedipus Syndrome
2243 Kenilworth Avenue Suite #2
Los Angeles, California 90039
USA
Ph: 323 - 665-2714
webmaster@oedipus-syndrome.com
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