Get ready for a new outsider novel that will rock and delight your soul in much the same way Jack Kerouac's “On The Road” once took hold of a generation of like-minded literary souls.
“Pot Dot Com” follows the coming of age of a teenage weed dealer from Greenwich Village who gets involved with a clandestine group of social activists who use marijuana revenue to support the computer revolution in the ‘80s and ‘90s. What ensues is a psychedelic romp to discover the true meaning of existence.
In deftly written first-person prose that slam dunks observation after observation, Taylor contemplates his subject in detail, ushering us through a well-paced and rich look into the logistics of the secretive practices of the marijuana trade and the people who risked their own freedom and safety to make the best bud available to their customers. The tales Mr. Taylor recounts are varied and nuanced with characters diverse and well-fleshed out. Never tedious or tendentious, Taylor delivers a narrative that is as consistently fun to read as it is positive and upbeat, as well as alternately poignant and soul searching, delivering such lines as “remain vulnerable to the terrible beauty of life”.
So it is with the joie de vivre reminiscent of no one less than Kerouac, given Taylor's brilliant knack for keeping the reader's attention, the story moves past the stereotypical good guys vs bad guys plot lines into tour de force writing that honors and salutes the heroes and sheroes of its time.
This celebratory narrative of a hot-blooded ‘80s and ‘90s subculture that became gungho to monetize a nation's passion for getting high, could very well take the country by storm. If you're anything like me, you'll have a great big Cheshire cat smile on your face as you light up your next fatty to read chapter after chapter of this delightful page tuner.
