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Ski Bum

By: Colin Clancy
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A flunking Midwestern college student drops out and moves west to live the ski bum life. In the Colorado mountains he finds a group of like-minded, and sometimes degenerate, friends who show him that a ski town is the ideal place for young people to raise a middle finger to societal norms and do as they please. It’s a spontaneous party life of hot tub poaching, illicit sledding, and living scrappy and poor in a place where rich people vacation. It’s a life he quickly comes to love, but as winter turns to spring, the path forward isn’t clear.

A classic coming-of-age story, Colin Clancy’s debut novel is a profoundly charming depiction of skiing, mountain culture, and the beauty of human connection with the natural world.

©2022 Van Velzer Press (P)2024 Colin Clancy Coming of Age Genre Fiction Psychological Sports Fiction Winter Sports
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I wanna be a ski bum.

Great insight to something everybody should do in their life, yet few do. Live your dream and then become an adult. Great insight into becoming a responsible adult by living a year or two being totally irresponsible.

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Incredible find! Highly recommended this (Black) diamond in the rough.

This is an amazing story telling about how it really is! Gritty, playful and unpretentious. It’s genuine but there are hints of Kerouac and Thompson detected: making it fun without pickling it.

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