The Greater Fool: Brad Gobright and the Blinding Shine of Originality

Lucas Roman

Description

For as long as stories have been told, we’ve had a peculiar fascination with the wayward among us, with those we call the fools. 

Our histories are flush with those who stand at the edge of reason, of those who see what others cannot. Among the archetypes, the Greater Fool holds a most special place within the canon. Standing there unphased after the dust and the punchlines settle, the Greater Fool is the one who hangs on when all others let go, the one who turns into the storm when all common sense and foot traffic points the other way. Where the world around them sees only an empty promise, the Greater Fool maintains there is yet worth to be discovered still. 

Intrepid and unwitting as they may be, they’re also the ones we need. As irony would have it, in every Greater Fool there’s just enough magic to pull us back in their direction. Just enough light for truth to shine an arc of redemption. This is the story of Brad Gobright, one such anomaly who shined for us all a most special and unending light.

That was the interesting dichotomy of Brad Gobright: by the standards of mainstream society, he was a slacker. He never finished college, he worked as little as possible, and he lived out of a car that often looked like a trash can on wheels. But that belies his true strength of character and his incredible motivation. It negates his early morning meetups and how he was always ready to tackle seemingly blank faces of rock. That level of commitment and dedication is hard to reconcile against the Brad who didn’t quite fit in the modern mold, but that is exactly the contrast that Lucas so skillfully navigates throughout this book. 

Sujets

• Sport
• Autour du sport
• Histoire du sport
• Autres sports
• Sports de plein air
• Extreme Sports
• Sports
• México
• Alex Honnold
• Potrero Chico
• American rock
• El Sendero Luminoso
• Recreation
• Mexico
• Nuevo León

Informations

• Publié par: Di Angelo Publications
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781955690706
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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