Buddha Enterprises Announces The Publication Of Steve Cohen's Novel, Travel To The G-Spot

Online, April 8, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The book follows Danny from his childhood of coddled captivity in suburban Long Island, where he recalls not being allowed to cross the big streets alone, through a colorful career as a travel writer that he admits he embraced to overcome his self-loathing and fear of everything. He navigates dangerously through Hebrew School, Cubs Scouts and Little League on the "mean streets of Long Island," screws around at a top-ranked high school and learns nothing at the University of Buffalo, despite a night to remember with the Allman Brothers and because of many more to be forgotten, along with a dreaded date with the draft board. He plays in bands in California and across the country, shoots junk with a drug dealing ex-Marine and dumpster dives with Bible thumpers who eschew shoelaces, all of which circuitously leads him to living in Miami and Colorado where he writes about some of the world's most exotic and evocative locations as a globetrotting travel writer for the world's biggest travel publications. And then there's the truth of what really happened on all those trips. You'll feel as if you're there...

...in Jamaica, hiking the highest mountain, smoking the best pot, breaking bread with heads of the government and seeing the inside of a Jamaican jail involuntarily.

...in the Amazon Rainforest, tripping on acid among the bats, birds and butterflies, and getting to confront some demons up close and personal.

...in Tonga, after extrication from the embrace of Miss Western Samoa, emerging from a weeklong tropical bender to gets the story at the last minute with the help of the 300-pound King.

...in Beijing, being tailed by government spies, looking for a napkin and calling home, but E.T.'s not there... and much more.

The story of Danny's global quest to reach the G-Spot and touch the essence of each place that makes it open up to a traveler is a sex, drugs and rock 'n roll fueled romp around the world filled with big pleasures and big regrets. It's a challenging search for an elusive target and over time he learns the hard way that touching it and catching are not the same, and that although you may escape yourself briefly, no matter how far away you go in this world, you can't step out of your own skin. And of course, a family man has other responsibilities, too, and someone has to pay the bills. These are hard lessons for Danny and ones he pays for dearly, with all he's got, but only after a lot of detours and stops along the way for mischief, laughs and unforgettable good times.

Reviewers have hailed Travel To The G-Spot as, "Outrageously funny. Wickedly profound," and "Hilariously sick and twisted." It will make you laugh and maybe shed a tear for a guy who only wants to do well but is having too much fun to ever get around to it. It's Danny's long, strange trip and one you'll be sure to want to come along for.

Steve Cohen is an award-winning author, travel writer and photographer. His work has appeared in Islands, Outside, Glamour, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The Washington Post as well as in books published by McGraw-Hill, Grolier and Michelin. He is currently a screenwriter and movie producer in Southern California, where he lives with his wife, son and a hound dog named Lucky.

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