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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
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