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Splattery
A strikingly original poetic crime tale, the award-winning Splattery devilishly reinvents the story of a person's internal struggle with their place in the world.Meet Mawdy. He’s one sticky fella. And the star, of this felonious novella. He likes to steal, pilfer, and burgle things. He's got a degree, in Kleptology. Believe you me. He’s been in The Joint two times. And he doesn't want to make it three. That's the hat factory. Where he studiously studied The Big Books. Cutting up the big words Fun-Da-Men-Tally. With Doler, the old guy. His mentoring mentor. Ever so elementarily.Mawdy hates The Mayor. But he loves the ladies. Because all is fair...with the right amount of savoir-faire. As he's paid his dues. With a hat that's black, and with one that's blue. He has some Momma issues. And a few enemies. But most importantly. Mawdy…our word-proficient visionary. Is down for the cause. Con-Se-Quently. Carrying the water for The Cheese.Splattery illustrates the timeless story of a person' internal struggle with their place in the world. Mawdy works for The Cheese, the overweight crime boss who controls most of the city. Being employed by this powerful man has its privileges, but is Mawdy the master of his destiny or just a victim of an inescapable fate?
200 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 17, 2007
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May 28, 2014
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First things first, please make a note to visit http://www.splattery.com for book excerpts and further details regarding this poetic crime story.
Essentially, Splattery is a one-man show put to the page. While it is indeed a classic grimy rags-to-riches big city crime tale, the style of writing is what makes it unique. To get the most out of this book, in my humble opinion, find a quiet spot and read the first few pages out loud and you will feel the rhythm of narration. The Kindle version is the last edit of the text.
After a couple of years dealing with the intensity of La Rincorsa, I just wanted to cut loose with something that was pure fiction, free of the strenuous demands of historical research and the grinding rules and regulations of a standard format. I would make few notes here and there during the writing and editing of LR as more of a personal writing exercise but from all of that this story rose to the surface. In a nutshell, this one just kind of happened, it’s hard to explain how it happened, but I got an award for it, so it is not complete madness…or so they tell me.
The “picaresque” story opens with Mawdy finding the body of his boss, The Cheese, whose death from heart failure is a result of both his obesity and the stress of an ongoing power struggle within the city—“The Trop” as the city is called in the book. The Trop is a blighted, morally bankrupt town where the politicians are just as bad as the gangsters, which clouds Mawdy’s perspective on what is right and what is wrong in the world.
The tale takes a nonlinear approach as Mawdy recounts his childhood experiences that paved his way into “The Life” of a criminal. While crime, women, and survival consume him, Mawdy fantasizes about his eventual escape from this miserable city and its criminals that he perhaps incorrectly believes created him and hold him hostage.
With The Cheese gone, Mawdy finds himself right in the middle of a syndicate war. With only his oversized ego, his burglary skills, and his gift for words to protect him, he has no choice but to forge alliances with other crime lords and hope for the best. With all of the city’s scoundrels on high alert, the bullets soon begin to fly in a poetic version of the grim and familiar game known as last man standing.
Splattery is a warning about pursuing a life of crime. It is about how much control we really have over our own lives and how much of it is shaped by others and uncontrollable circumstances. Do we fight it? Run away from it? Or do we stay put, accept it—perhaps in a deluded state—and give it our best?
Thank you again for your support. Splattery is different, so I greatly appreciate your interest in this work.
Regards,
Stephen T. Savage
http://www.stephentsavage.com
http://www.splattery.com
First things first, please make a note to visit http://www.splattery.com for book excerpts and further details regarding this poetic crime story.
Essentially, Splattery is a one-man show put to the page. While it is indeed a classic grimy rags-to-riches big city crime tale, the style of writing is what makes it unique. To get the most out of this book, in my humble opinion, find a quiet spot and read the first few pages out loud and you will feel the rhythm of narration. The Kindle version is the last edit of the text.
After a couple of years dealing with the intensity of La Rincorsa, I just wanted to cut loose with something that was pure fiction, free of the strenuous demands of historical research and the grinding rules and regulations of a standard format. I would make few notes here and there during the writing and editing of LR as more of a personal writing exercise but from all of that this story rose to the surface. In a nutshell, this one just kind of happened, it’s hard to explain how it happened, but I got an award for it, so it is not complete madness…or so they tell me.
The “picaresque” story opens with Mawdy finding the body of his boss, The Cheese, whose death from heart failure is a result of both his obesity and the stress of an ongoing power struggle within the city—“The Trop” as the city is called in the book. The Trop is a blighted, morally bankrupt town where the politicians are just as bad as the gangsters, which clouds Mawdy’s perspective on what is right and what is wrong in the world.
The tale takes a nonlinear approach as Mawdy recounts his childhood experiences that paved his way into “The Life” of a criminal. While crime, women, and survival consume him, Mawdy fantasizes about his eventual escape from this miserable city and its criminals that he perhaps incorrectly believes created him and hold him hostage.
With The Cheese gone, Mawdy finds himself right in the middle of a syndicate war. With only his oversized ego, his burglary skills, and his gift for words to protect him, he has no choice but to forge alliances with other crime lords and hope for the best. With all of the city’s scoundrels on high alert, the bullets soon begin to fly in a poetic version of the grim and familiar game known as last man standing.
Splattery is a warning about pursuing a life of crime. It is about how much control we really have over our own lives and how much of it is shaped by others and uncontrollable circumstances. Do we fight it? Run away from it? Or do we stay put, accept it—perhaps in a deluded state—and give it our best?
Thank you again for your support. Splattery is different, so I greatly appreciate your interest in this work.
Regards,
Stephen T. Savage
http://www.stephentsavage.com
http://www.splattery.com
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