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Mark SaFranko

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Mark SaFranko’s novels and stories have garnered rave reviews and a cult following, mainly in Europe. Hating Olivia was recently nominated for the Prix Littéraire Rive Gauche à Paris. In 2018 he was named the first Author in International Residence at the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France. His paintings have been exhibited in Europe, and he is also a musician. He divides his time between the United States and France.

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Hi Mark, Where's the best place to buy your books? I live in the UK and would love to read the Max Zajack series, but I can only find a couple of them available online - and only the latest is available in my nearest bookstore. Is there a website where they are all available? Thanks, Jim

Mark SaFranko Hi Jim: Thanks for writing. The only two titles in print at the moment are Hating Olivia and Nowhere Near Hollywood, which you probably know. They are…moreHi Jim: Thanks for writing. The only two titles in print at the moment are Hating Olivia and Nowhere Near Hollywood, which you probably know. They are available through Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=mark+saf...

They are the first and the last in the series. The other volumes -- Lounge Lizard, God Bless America, and Dirty Work -- recently went out of print. I'm working on getting them back into print as soon as possible. I know that the prices for them are outrageous, so hopefully I figure out a way to remedy that. I hope this helps, Jim. Please let me know how you fare. And thanks again.(less)

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Mark SaFranko Very largely. Of course time is compressed, etc., but the Zajack novels are very close to my experience. They are also severely edited in their final …moreVery largely. Of course time is compressed, etc., but the Zajack novels are very close to my experience. They are also severely edited in their final versions, and I sometimes wonder whether some of the more interesting material ends up on the cutting room floor. My other work -- books like NO STRINGS and THE SUICIDE -- come from an altogether different place.(less)

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	Hating Olivia: A Dark Literary Confession – Gritty American Fiction of Love and Erotic Language by Mark SaFranko (Goodreads Author), Dan Fante (Introduction) 3.68 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2004 — 8 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
	No Strings 3.77 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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
	God Bless America by Mark SaFranko (Goodreads Author), Richard Watts, Steve Hussy 4.64 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Lounge Lizard 4.29 avg rating — 45 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
	The Suicide 4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Loners 4.45 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2008 — 4 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 Artistic Life 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Nowhere Near Hollywood 4.62 avg rating — 21 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
	Hopler's Statement 4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1998 — 4 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
	Dirty Work 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014	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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“For the first time in a long while I was in the mood to accomplish something. I switched off the TV and pulled out the Oriole epilepsy drug ads and spread them over my desk. Then I picked up my red pen and went to work.”
― Mark SaFranko, No Strings

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“Be yourself, no one can ever tell you you’re doing it wrong.”
― James Leo Herlihy

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“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: life, travel

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“New York! The white prisons, the sidewalks swarming with maggots, the breadlines, the opium joints that are built like palaces, the kikes that are there, the lepers, the thugs, and above all, the ennui, the monotony of faces, streets, legs, houses, skyscrapers, meals, posters, jobs, crimes, loves... A whole city erected over a hollow pit of nothingness. Meaningless. Absolute meaningless.”
― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

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