ron goulet

The Disappearing Man takes you on a trip that blends harsh reality with midlife frenzy, through a man’s coming to terms (or perhaps not) with his fear of women and of living a life but not living up to his expectations.

He’s a 40-year-old, somewhat-happily married Arizona college professor when he disappears, which might be expected to be a clue leading to foul play, but this man reappears in Kansas. He’s in a pickup truck with some good ol’ boys and scrambling to decipher who he is, where he is, and why these guys think he’s a veterinarian. One disappearance would be a strange midlife crisis, but this man disappears again, and then again, reappearing in Mexico, in California and in situations, from drug-running dangerous to comical, all requiring that he “awaken” with his wits about him.

We enter the mind of a man lost in a dream, sometimes a nightmare, sometimes a sublime reverie, always a trip well worth taking.

The Disappearing Man is written by Ron Goulet, an award-winning playwright and poet, bringing his style and post-modern insights to the world of novel storytelling. This story begins thusly:

“The first time I disappeared I was forty years old. They say life begins after forty. That's gotta be a laugher. My LIVES began after forty! That is, my many lives began after I began disappearing….”