Award-winning poet and writer KIRBY WRIGHT releases first Novel.
October 15, 2005 (Press Release) --
Lemon Shark Press is pleased to announce the publication of PUNAHOU BLUES, a coming of age novel by Honolulu writer Kirby Wright. The book is written from the perspective of an outsider searching for identity at Punahou during the 60s and 70s. Malahinis and kama'ainas will enjoy flashbacks to a bygone era—the Young Hotel, HIC, Queen’s Surf nightclub, and Glade Swing Club. The book is also packed with kama’aina icons such as Duke, C&K, Bobo Olson, and J. Akuhead Pupule. The boy narrator’s rite of passage includes losing the girl of his dreams, dealing with his father’s great expectations, surviving Killahaole Day, fighting the school bully, and outwitting the class dean.
“For those who were fortunate enough to attend Punahou, walk the corridors of Dillingham Hall and pray in Thurston Memorial Chapel, Punahou Blues is a trip back to those magical days of their youths.”
—Bobby Command, WEST HAWAII TODAY
“For those who were fortunate enough to attend Punahou, walk the corridors of Dillingham Hall and pray in Thurston Memorial Chapel, Punahou Blues is a trip back to those magical days of their youths.”
—Bobby Command, WEST HAWAII TODAY
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