I Know This Looks Bad

<p>In this funny and warm-hearted memoir JPV Oliver Gent of Saratoga Springs NY recounts academic disaster dodgy foreign entanglements preposterous corporate misadventures and delivers a few poignant tributes along the way.  </p><p>A former speechwriter for Seagram and GE Oliver tells his story in 365 vignettes creating a vibrant picture of an astonishing life first as a beer truck driver in 1970s Albany NY then in a career that took him around the world for decades.</p><p>In one scene Oliver's delivering kegs of cheap lager to grimy gin mills next he's on the evening news in New York City then he's strolling around an 800-year-old Polish salt mine. In one episode HRH Prince Philip gives him a private tour of Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia.</p><p>Buckle up. It's a remarkable ride.</p><p><br></p><p>JPV Oliver Gent is a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Laphroaig Prize for Literature.</p>