Edwin de Valu, an overworked editor at Panderic Press, is in trouble. The weekly editorial meeting isn''t going well and he needs a hit for the upcoming fall season. In desperation he presents a previously rejected self-help manuscript, "What I Learned on the Mountain,"by Tupak Soiree.
Much to Edwin''s chagrin, the project is accepted. But even from the early editorial stages there are ominous signs that the manuscript may be more than Edwin ever bargained for. A janitor who reads the manuscript is suddenly transformed into a millionaire philanthropist. After skimming through the paragraphs on "sexual realignment,"Edwin''s wife eagerly turns their marriage bed into a passion pit of artful sexual techniques.
After publication, the book becomes an instant bestseller. But can this self-help book be the real thing? Dismayed by the plague of happiness that ensues, Edwin seeks to get to the bottom of the mysteries of Tupak Soiree and the book he unleashed on our unsuspecting world.
In this satirical, fast-paced novel, Ferguson skewers society''s obsession with self-improvement and pokes fun at generational divides.