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Richard Engling is a Chicago novelist, playwright, actor, director, and musician whose books include the novel, VISIONS OF ANNA, and the collection of plays, ANTIGONE AND MACBETH: ADAPTATIONS FOR A WAR-TORN TIME, both published by Polarity Ensemble Books. His plays also include GHOST WATCH and ANNA IN THE AFTERLIFE and have been produced in Chicago and elsewhere. His 1989 novel, BODY MORTGAGE, originally published by Penguin/NAL in the US and Headline in the UK, and is now available in a revised edition from Polarity Ensemble Books.

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	Give My Regards to Nowhere: A Director's Tale 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body Mortgage 3.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romeo and Juliet Keep Their Eyes on the Prize: A Dwayne Finnegan Novel (The Dwayne Finnegan Series Book 2) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visions of Anna: A Novel 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Last Production of King Lear (The Dwayne Finnegan Series, #3) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antigone and Macbeth, Adaptations for a War-Torn Time 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Very Last Production of King Lear is in competition for The BookLife Prize, an annual writing competition sponsored by BookLife and Publishers Weekly. It’s already received a rave review from the judges. In celebration, my publisher dropped the Kindle price to $2.99 through 8/3/26 to entice you to read it and review it on Amazon. Here’s what BookLife said:

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Randy Ross writes about the loneliness of the single middle aged male and the disasters of his love life. He attempts a trip around the world to break out of his malaise, but finds himself mostly lonely in foreign lands. The one bright spot for him i ...more
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An enjoyable satire of lonely people looking for love. Mrs. Fletcher, middle aged divorcee takes some hilarious missteps as she attempts to renew her life, taking detours into lesbianism, cougardom, and finally finding love with an age-appropriate ma ...more
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