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Kirk Marty

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Born

Oakland, CA, The United States

Website

http://sbpra.com/kirkmarty

Genre

Fiction, Sports, Thriller

Influences

John Irving, Phillip Roth, Joseph Wambaugh, John Updike, Ross McDonald ...more

Member Since

May 2020

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Kirk Marty is the pen name of Kirk Grossman, an attorney and dedicated Dodger fan in Ventura, California.

"The way I see it, I've been a professional writer for as long as I've been an attorney---which is a long time now. I've cranked out literally hundreds of thousands of pages of legal mumbo-jumbo. Writing legalese provides great instruction on the wrong way to create fiction, although some attorneys seem to confuse the two. Still, it is the type of writing that requires great precision and focus, qualities needed for good fiction as well."

Kirk's first book, "The Longest Walk," is a baseball fantasy novel and winner of two book awards.
His second book, "Adverse Possession," is a legal thriller (and owner of one book award), featuring attorn ...more

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Average rating: 4.06 · 16 ratings · 4 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Quantum Terra really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 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
	The Longest Walk really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Adverse Possession: A Nick Shuman Legal Thriller it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Kirk Marty rated a book it was amazing Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14) by Walter Mosley	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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Kirk Marty rated a book it was amazing Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13) by Walter Mosley	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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Kirk Marty rated a book it was amazing A Red Death (Easy Rawlins, #2) by Walter Mosley	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
Good plot, action and characters Walter Mosley knows how to tell a tale and spin a web of intrigue. Lots of action and lots of good characters make this 1950’s ‘red scare’ murder mystery a winner. The exploits of Easy Rawlins are well worth the time t ...more
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Kirk Marty rated a book it was amazing A Halo for Red Betsy (Frank Keegan #1) by Al McDermid (Goodreads Author)	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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Kirk Marty rated a book it was amazing The Nature of Personal Reality: Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enriching the Life You Know by Jane Roberts	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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Kirk Marty rated a book it was amazing Juris Ex Machina by John W. Maly (Goodreads Author)	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
In this futuristic, sci-fi legal thriller, by John W. Maly, Arcadia is a domed mega-city, housing mega-millions in mega-structures dubbed ‘dome-scrapers.’ The masses are appeased with mega-millions of computerized and interconnected bots, appliances, ...more
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Kirk Marty rated a book it was amazing The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski (Goodreads Author)	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
Buck O’Neil was a transcendent man As I was researching my baseball novel (‘The Longest Walk,’ by Kirk Marty), Buck O’Neil’s name kept coming up. As a baseball fan, I’d heard the name before and even seen him in a TV interview or two. I knew he was c ...more
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Kirk Marty rated a book really liked it The Delta Star: A Novel by Joseph Wambaugh	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
Entertaining read I’ve read a lot of Joe Wambaugh. This one is an earlier effort that I must’ve missed. This isn’t his best but it’s entertaining. It takes place in the early 80s so some of the cultural references are dated unless you’re old like me. ...more
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