Huntington Pass

About the Book

Buck Avery is about to embark on the biggest adventure of his strange and wonder-filled life. He has decided to move to the little ski town of Huntington to spend the season doing what he does best, since he is (in his own mind, at least) “maybe the best there ever was”. Others might see him as an inveterate liar and alcoholic with no plans, no money, no car, and no prospects, but Buck just knows that everything in his priceless life will fall into place as soon as he arrives. He knows that change is coming, and lots of it! He has incredible stories to tell, and to Buck, reality is just another story. He fancies himself a budding novelist and publishes his first story in a most novel way. He falls in love with two women and makes them both part of his life of blissful indigence. Nothing goes as planned, but, then again - he never really had any plans.

About the Author

Victor Smith began writing short and longer fiction in his personal time as an antidote to a mind-numbing day job. He brings to his writing a degree in linguistics rather than an M.F.A., realizing that neither means much in terms of the actual creative process.

Mr. Smith is also a life-long skier who brings to bear a wealth of strange and wonderful experiences in the writing of this humorous novel. He vigorously denies any personal identification with his protagonist and the quirky life events that surround and baffle him. He does, however, share his protagonist’s sense of spiritual awe when confronted with life and its inscrutable great beyond.

Mr. Smith lives with his wife in Westerlo, New York - a beautiful, little cow-town in rural Albany county. In addition to writing fiction, he is a song-writer who plays banjo and guitar in an old-timey string band which must remain nameless.