Flawed Connections, by Gary Beck
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Four close friends: Ted, son of former anti-Vietnam war activists; Philippe, son of a French mother and a former South Vietnamese General; Kevin, son of old money parents; and Lys, disowned for being a lesbian, leave Yale to start a computer gaming business. Start-up money allows them many luxuries while developing their first game. It is a hit that attracts thousands of gamers and is quite profitable. They invest the majority of their earnings and then... disaster strikes.
Flawed Connections, by Gary Beck- Amazon Sales Rank: #6880678 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.15" w x 6.00" l, 1.49 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 510 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. From the Broadkill Review By S. Scott Whitaker Gary Beck’s Flawed Connections, $20.99 from Black Rose Writing, details the rise of a software startup company during the Giuliani days of New York City. Beck’s characters rise out of the narrative like hot soap opera stars, privileged, misunderstood by their parents, and already acclimated to posh lifestyles. The irony of course, is the children Ted, Pill (or Phillipe), Kevin, and Lys are symbols of the post Vietnam generation’s greed; for the most part, children of liberal progressive thinking. They have come home to roost, so to speak, and instead of making the world a better place, as their parents wish them to do, they want to take their own path and make boatloads of cash. And party. And hook up with beautiful people. And party. the action takes off immediately as Ted comes home and tells his parents he wants to drop out of Yale. He wants to travel Europe with his friends, Kevin, son of old money, Pill the son of a Viet Nam general who travels with a French speaking bodyguard of sorts, and Lys, the lesbian daughter of socialites who has been banished by her family for her sexuality. From the get-go Beck gives us the entitled generation, raised with a bourgeois bank account and sensibility, let loose upon the world.Beck’s America in Flawed Connections is one of gross comforts. A world where the boat is always ready to go out for a sex party, and where money problems are reduced to finding financial backers, rather than say making rent or paying for a new vehicle. These characters represent the upward mobile class of the late 1980s and 1990s whose computer games and software would launch a thousand millionaires into the 21st century. This is a generation that has given us Google, Facebook, Twitter, Minecraft, and smart phones, just to name a few. All wonderful toys, yes, but something more than a toy, products we project into and identify with. And Beck hits all the right notes. You kind of want to live their life for a while, and go with the flow.Beck writes with the sharp eye of a camera, and he leaves no stone unturned.Ted’s parents serve to play around with broader themes such as family, mid-life marriage tactics, and the flawed or possibly failed vision of the 1960s as it played into the new millenia. Beck covers the start-up venture methodically, and the gang enjoys a lavish lifestyle. If you love to read about parties, glamor, and being wealthy, Beck’s got your number.Eventually the gang creates “Combat Evolution”, a video game that makes them super rich. Now they aren’t living on their parent’s credit, they’re living on their own credit. And things go swimmingly, sex, money, success, sex, success, and then an accident puts Phillipe in a coma, and the events bring the rest of the crew closer together, at least for a while. It is at this point in the narrative that Lys and Ted cross the friendship lines and embark on as sexual relationship. Friends, business partners, should probably never become lovers, but Lys and Ted are good with each other, Ted being Lys’ first man. Kevin becomes entangled with a woman who may or may not be a good fit for him, and the gang continue to work, trying to expand their empire. Flawed connections indeed. And it is these relationships, and Phillipe’s medical condition that becomes the crack in the cement of the group’s well laid foundation.At times the action moves to Washington and as Clinton is being skewered for the Lewinsky scandal, Beck seems to enjoy using it as a frame for his own characters behaviors. And as business grows, so do the headaches, which begin to compound in the final arc of the novel. Ted bears the brunt of it, and it is through his pain that we feel the end of the 20th century.Beck chronicles a computer start up company with meticulous detail; his character are by products of the day, and Beck explores the rich lifestyles of the dot com explosion with aplomb.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. from redemption to self-sabotage to finding the good in a sometimes menacing world By ReadingOtherPeople Reading Gary Beck's Flawed Connections gave me some serious St. Elmo's Fire vibes - minus the self-deprecation. In his novel, Beck handily crafts four intertwining tales of coming of age, life experiences, and incessant hope that comes with being young.Here we have four extremely connected friends: Ted, Phillipe, Kevin, and Lys. Each of the above represent concurrent themes that abound in Flawed Connections, from redemption to self-sabotage to finding the good in a sometimes menacing world. Ted, the son of a former activist, must grapple a life where everything is not a confrontation or a situation waiting to be fixed. Then we have Phillipe, who is a bi-racial kid who has no idea what he's in for.Then we have the more classic and familiar Kevin, who was born out of money and doesn't think much of how to actually attain it. We close the group with Lyn, who, because of her lifestyle choices, has been forced out of her family and left to fend for herself in the world.They are also all incredibly talented kids who happen to start up a computer business. The author crafts a story of what happens to kids who come into a serious sum of money for being creative, as well as the downfall that is certain to befall them. By the end of the novel, you feel as though these four kids are indeed your friends. They're naive and funny, and ultimately wish to be loved. Money isn't everything, and Gary Beck brings that message right home with his lovely Flawed Connections.Like this review? Read more like it at www.readingotherpeople.com
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Social, Economic and Political ties that bind By Rhonda Mc C Gary Beck’s writing is for the thinkers of the world! When I started searching for a new book to read- it was the title and cover that gained my attention. Let's just say that I was so "connected" to reading what happened next that I spent a few nights reading in my bed until I fell asleep! I didn't mind being tired the next day because I was too busy pondering what might can happened next with the characters. On a side note, I remember the social, economic, political flaws within New York City politics in the 1990s. Beck touched basis on the underlying issues that many shy away from-provocative! I think Beck is gifted and there are jewels about life embedded in these pages. That is what made me want to submit a review. I would like people to know that if you're looking for a great book to snuggle up with that has a long-term impression on your worldview, this will compliment your bookshelf. So, if you enjoy a great well-written novel, please read :) #mybookclubwilllovethis Thanks
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