The Fabulist
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MatureComplete Sun, Aug 14, 20224h 9m
The Fabulist is a wickedly funny tale of self loathing, self destruction, and ultimately self discovery as Frank Shaw, a failed novelist and dispirited blogger, gets an assignment to cover the Maui Classic Invitational, an annual pre-season college basketball tournament in Hawaii for an internet blog. But when Frank shucks the tournament to explore the island, pick golden caps with the locals, and hit on an attractive bartender, fantasy and reality soon blur into a wild hallucinogenic trip, thrusting him deep into his memory banks where he is forced to recall his past failures, relationships, and the decisions that lead him to his current state. As Frank ruminates on the mistakes of his past, he hurdles headlong into uncharted emotional territory on an ever-escalating adventure in a place he deems "Paradise."
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