A Man and His Luggage

Amazon.com, 2005, Digital

Product Description

This is the story of an obsessive and nearly lifelong struggle to find, obtain and hold onto the only luggage a man could ever want. As a footnote, last year, one of the Florida hurricanes ate two pieces of it. I am bereft.

Product Details

Title: A Man and His Luggage
Sales Rank: 412147 in Books
Author: Stuart Woods
Publisher: Amazon.com, 2005-06-21, Digital, 9 pages

Customer Reviews

Reading about luggage... huh?: Only Stuart Woods could write about, of all things, luggage - and make it a captivating and intriguing story! This is why each new Woods novel is greeted with such anticipation - the man can tell a story, even when the main "characters" are made of leather!… More reviews

Life Staged by Honey-Colored Leather: The pull was quick, into this story of the barren financial beginnings of a current superstar in the world of mystery novels. Empathy was easily engendered in the opening paragraph:
>> ...One morning there appeared in the New York Times a full-page ad for the now-departed Abercrombie & Fitch, introducing its acquisition of a line of Italian luggage called "Whip di Roma." On my lunch… More reviews

Hilarious Perspective Piece: This is certainly worth $0.49, and since you can't buy it anywhere else (to my knowledge), you should just go for it. It is a different style from his mystery books, but it is very funny. I do think some of the other reviewers are overestimating its honesty and underestimating its comedy. This itself is a testament to the excellent dry humor.… More reviews

Humor, truth delivered with punch: I just fell in love with Amazon shorts after reading A Man and His Luggage. It is a narration of how a little obsession can transoform ones life, creep into it and rule one. Here is something you want to read and reread for the humor and the wisdom. I am hooked. More reviews

Living up to our possessions: Ever see that special something that you just had to have? Then once you have it you must raise your standards to the level that your possession now requires of you? Well for Mr. Woods it was luggage, and the trials and tribulations of acquiring it, then living up to its standard provide a humorous interlude well worth the… More reviews