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Book Signing : A Sunny Place for Shady Characters

10 March 2017

The book signing was held at The Dock in Simpson Bay. Many of the folk who frequent the bar could well end up as a character in a book written by long time St. Maarten sailor Randy West.

The book captures the essence of the Sunny Characters the author has met over the years in chapters that are mostly true. “I am calling this publication a work of historical fiction, however, to protect those still living out there in shady places.” In each chapter the author brings to life a story about a character that has sailed these waters or has frequented the bars on the islands. Le Select, a tiny bar on the island of St. Barth, is at the center of many of this eloquent storyteller’s stretch of the actual truth.
Le Select has seen numerous famous and infamous characters cross the threshold and the author brings to life some of those whispers we have possibly all heard and not quite known whether they were true or not.

Randy West is also the author of The Hurricane Book, a true tale by the storytelling sea-captain of his experience and survival of 18 hurricanes at sea and on land. From his childhood memories through surfing huge storm swells, as the pier that he was jumping off was washed away, the captain leads the reader through adventure and drama.

Sailing stories are like fishing stories - bigger and better over a chilled glass - if you happen to recognize or think you know any of the characters in the book, as the author says, don’t rat him out.
You can find his books on Amazon, both hardcopy and Kindle.

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