AN EXTREME NOVEL INSPIRED BY THE ACCLAIMED DOUBLE ALBUM​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​A musician with a bad case of writer’s block and a secret past he can’t discuss…

A silent neighbor with a hidden agenda…

A roommate and a girlfriend with single-letter names…

A fairy-tale middle straight from the heart…

A novel based on an album is a book with a killer soundtrack...

For fans of Say Anything, Slow Century, Quantum Leap, Being John Malkovich, The Fearless Freaks, Lovers & Other Strangers…

With appearances by Paul Simon, David Letterman, James Bond, Carlos Santana, Jan-Michael Vincent, Bogo the Clown, the Dalai Lama, Benji Hughes and more…

Exotic locales including Jamaica, Hawaii, France, Dairy Queen, Didicur’s Hardware Store, the Circus, and Inner/Outer Space…

Taking place in the vicinity of Halloween, Xmas, April 17th, the past, and the future…

Buddy comedy, love story, epic fairy tale, album-oriented fan fiction...

All this and more. It gets a little extreme...

L EXTREME: An original story by Timely Persuasion author JL Civi based on the music of Benji Hughes, inspired by the double album A Love Extreme & the space opera LILILIL.
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Side A: Happy Halloween
Side B: The Ballad of Heartman & Songstress
Side C: Love is Weird, Love is Wild, Love is Far Out
Side D: Another Extreme
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Includes an afterword by Benji Hughes