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"As he did in his fantastic debut Mosquitoland, David Arnold again shows a knack for getting into the mind of an eccentric teenager in clever, poignant fashion." - USA Today This is Noah Oakman sixteen, Bowie believer, concise historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend. Then Noah gets hypnotized. Now Noah sees changes: his mother has a scar on her face that wasn't there before; his old dog, who once walked with a limp, is suddenly lithe; his best friend, a lifelong DC Comics disciple, now rotates in the Marvel universe. Subtle behaviors, bits of history, plans for the future - everything in Noah's world has been rewritten. Everything except his Strange Fascinations . . . A stunning surrealist portrait, The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik is a story about all the ways we hurt our friends without knowing it, and all the ways they stick around to save us.
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David Arnold has been the senior pastor of Community Christian Church in Columbus, OH for the past 10 years. Born in 1955 he did not accept Christ as his savior until 1987. Before that he was a wretched sinner. Since his salvation he spent 12 years on the road with his wife Cathy. She would sing country gospel and he would preach in nearly every setting and church imaginable. God has blessed him with a beautiful wife and daughter, a loving congregation, friends he can rely on and 3 wonderful cats.
