Scott Too

by Victor Giannini

Scott Too by Victor Giannini, magical realism set in Brooklyn, is a novella about living with your "better" self, who slowly begins to appropriate your past until you feel like you no longer really exist.

76 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

All of Victor's fiction has the same four goals:

"Make evil intelligible, justice desirable, sorrow endurable, and love possible."

So... a bio ... I cannot be objective, save for stating I believe that the best way I can serve humanity is through story-telling. I can't fix your plumbing but I can give you (inser value of said tale here).

I love teaching.

I've done a lot of weird things, juggling knives on unicycles, all the stuff that goes with skateboarding, making comic books, hanging out with Batman (I do a mean Joker impression, yes, I know everyone thinks they do), and I go CRAZY if I don't go out and live as much life as I can and then report back to y'all with some magical realism or some such fiction.

My bios are about as believable as my fiction, but if you were there, and many of you were, you know the truth truly is far, far more strange. And we shall never speak of it.

And that quote above, was stolen with permission, from my MFA mentor and friend, Roger Rosenblatt.

Reviews

[Diana Gallagher · Rating 5 out of 5]

A speculative Big Lebowski with drugs, lust, and humor tempering despair. Just as you're enjoying the banter, elegant prose sneaks up on you. Looking forward to more from this author.

[Bandit · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of New York set fiction, particularly Brooklyn, which really is inexplicable, considering that I quite strongly dislike both locales. Nevertheless, with terrific authors like Auster, Knipfel, Nersesian, etc., it certainly creates for a fascinating look into a world that one would probably not wish to be a part of. And isn't it what books are for anyway, explore without leaving your comfort zone. This young author happens to write in the same vein, an ode to Brooklyn, lives bogged down by the sheer effort of living, lost youth and delayed adulthood. Strong, dark, dirty (seriously, OCD twitching dirty), humorous, honest writing with an impressive emotional authenticity and just the right balance of bleakness and hope, this book showcases a very promising new writer. Recommended.

[Michael LoCurto · Rating 5 out of 5]

A superb mastery of speculative fiction, Giannini's Scott Too will transport you to another dimension where fantasy is reality and reality is fantasy. Scott Too is a fine work, and leaves the reader wanting more. Well done.

[Tracy]

Talk about a page-turner. I could not put this book down. I hope there’s more Scott Too to come, as this would make for a great series and animated TV Show for Adult Swim or HBO. Vividly visual – literary noir.

[Diana Lives · Rating 5 out of 5]

so much fun!