Wishful Thinking

Meet Elliott Simon the neurotic and totally lovable hero of <I>Wishful Thinking</I> a young man with a vivid imagination looking for romance happiness and excitement in all the wrong places.</P><P>From his unconquerable addiction to cupcakes to his quest for finding the absolute perfect dream lover to his burning desire to become a 'toast of the town cabaret singer Elliott Simon's wild and crazy adventures in <I>Wishful Thinking</I> are hilarious and endearing.</P><P>Who else but Elliott Simon would travel back in time to the biblical sin city of Sodom with a famous movie superstar dodge the Confederate Civil War draft by disguising in drag as a coquettish Southern belle transform the President of the United States into a gay man for 24 hours and become Hollywood sleuth to solve the mystery of the missing infamous Pink Powder Puff? And that is only the beginning!</P><P><I>Wishful Thinking</I> is the debut novel from the former Hollywood Reporter entertainment journalist <B>Martin Gould</B>.