Humorist Ron “R.S.” Gompertz says, “There’s no time like the past to laugh at the present.”
The former Camas resident is hoping that the success of his first novel, “No Roads Lead to Rome,” will have paved the way for a sequel that’s been four years in the making.
“Aqueduct to Nowhere,” is available on Amazon.com, in e-book and paperback form.
Some might wonder why it took four years to write a sequel, but Gompertz said it’s an improvement.
“‘No Roads’ took me nine years,” he joked. “I’m getting faster!”
His first independent book was released in 2009, just when Amazon introduced its Kindle product. It has sold more than 7,000 copies, with 95 percent as e-books.
Gompertz writes in a humorous style he calls “Historical Friction.” His novels are both set in Tarragona, Spain in the year A.D. 123, a time Gompertz said is not unlike the present.