"Norm Cowie's debut, The Adventures of Guy is a highly imaginative, modern-day funny story, that pulls back the wizards curtain to reveal the truth about telemarketers.
Hilarious, witty and oozing with snappy sarcasm, The Adventures of Guy tickles more than just your funny bone. From the first pages through the ending, Cowie swirls an implausible set of situations that flow with the ease and confidence of the mighty Mississippi. Cowie bends stereotypical ideas into comedic bursts of energy aimed at attorneys, politicians and of course, the ever present telemarketer. Putting pen to paper, Norm Cowie, bravely and with a great sense of creative ingenuity, places these irritating top shelfers in the spin cycle, for a good ol' fashioned 'shake.' The result is a wrinkle free, humorous read that everyone can enjoy!
Bottom line...if you are looking for a little entertainment, a few laughs or would like to escape for a few hours, The Adventures of Guy by Norm Cowie is a good choice!" - 4/08
RJ at 3Rs Bits, Bites & Books Blog

A funny book about a guy
And Guy's also his name
Your standard goof-off slacker-dude
Without a claim to fame

And then one day a phone call came
That sent him on a quest
He's forced to leave his dirty home
(More like his filthy nest)

There's something wrong with little Seth
At least he's not himself
In no time flat, Guy's pals become
A sor-cer-er and elf

It seems your quest is not complete
Without a certain mix
So they recruit a warrior
Stacked like a house of bricks

There's something evil chasing them
And monsters everywhere
Look out for buzzing little flies
And plumber's derriere

The truth of telemarketing
The huge attorney plot
All made as simple as the choice
To supersize, or not?

It's just as crazy as it sounds
With potty jokes and worse
A madcap world of fantasy
Reviewed by me in verse

A warning to you, friends of mine
And you, my dear consumer
Don't bother picking up this one
If you've no sense of humor" - 8/07
Amanda Richards, Amazon Top Reviewer

"Norm Cowie's debut novel, The Adventures Of Guy: Written By A Guy (Probably), is the creative and hilarious story of Guy and his roommates Thurman and Knob (as well as Amazon), who in their quest to save Guy's little brother from his evil captors think they will find great worth in the mind of a small boy. Satirical and endlessly hilarious, The Adventures Of Guy introduces readers to a creatively positioned philosophy and analytical metaphor of human nature. Norm Cowie is a truly skilled and engaging storyteller whose novel, The Adventures Of Guy, is very strongly recommended as a profound, funny, and persistently entertaining read from first page to last." - 6/06
Midwest Book Review

"The Adventures of Guy is absurd, but that is what makes it so funny. Everything in the book is so true, you can't help but laugh in agreement. It paints a comical picture of telemarketers, lawyers, and even tosses in a good dose of plumber's cleavage." - 3/06
Read more of this review by Tracy Farnsworth at Roundtable Reviews.com

"The Adventures of Guy is a modern-day Everyman's Tale filled with laugh-aloud moments interspered with philosophical wisdom to make Pliny and Socrates blush. Guy's voice is true and straight, and this book touched me on a variety of levels, but most of all, it touched my funny bone, which means the author turns up the dial on the old BS detector and makes it "cool" to be cynical and jaded and pissed at the world." - 2/06
Robert W. Walker, author City for Ransom & Shadows in White City

"If Guy, the narrator, had parents--and he must have had some someplace--they should be Erma Bombeck and Douglas Adams. This book is funny." - 1/06
Barbara D'Amato, past president of Mystery Writers of America and of Sisters in Crime, author of the Cat Marsala mystery series, as well as several standalone novels, including Death of a Thousand Cuts