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Cameron’S Quest
Tuckahoes Golden Boy Chris Cameron had his future all mapped out. He was the big fish in the small pond as a star athlete and academic standout. Off to the University of Texas to play football, he was on track to make his Italian-American mother and Irish father proud.His two blood brothers chose different paths. Soon after high school, Sal Esposito and Tony Albanese were swept into the life of organized crime. Imposing figures, the pair assisted with strong-armed activities for their capo. Away from that life, Cameron periodically returned to his neighborhood roots to assist his blood brothers in retribution and risk his promising future to avenge violent threats to his lifelong bond.Filled with suspense and character twists, Camerons Quest is set in the 1980s and relives a time when an Italian-American familys Sunday dinner table was the only setting needed for therapy sessions, interrogations, judgment, and jury for any punishment. This novel reminisces about the Mets championship season, Reagonomics, John Gottis underworld reign, and the pop culture of the time.
260 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 22, 2016
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About the author
David Carraturo
4 books111 followersFollow me on:
Instagram - @diesel_dad_david
Twitter - @davidcarraturo
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/david.carraturo
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For better pricing and to receive a signed copy of any of the Columbus Avenue Boys trilogy, contact me at carraturod@aol.com.
Author, David Carraturo is a life-long resident of Tuckahoe, a predominately Italian-Irish American community in Westchester County, New York. He has spent over thirty years working on Wall Street and is married and the father of three daughters. An avid poker player and organized crime/World War Two buff, he spends his free time with his family and exercising the mind and body to sustain happiness and success.
He loves to read a multitude of topics, both fiction and non-fiction but his true passion is anything related to World War Two as well as economics and politics. If you would like a novel reviewed, he is more than happy to review your work. War stories, Mafia reads, poker, economics and general American history would be his sweet spots for an educated review.
The Cameron trilogy includes Cameron's Quest, Cameron Nation: Going All-in to Save His Country and Columbus Avenue Boys: Avenging the Scalamarri Massacre. Columbus Avenue Boys earned Honorable Mention for General Fiction at the 2012 Hollywood Book Festival, was optioned for screenplay adaption and has received recommended read reviews from Kirkus, Midwest Book Reviews and Writer’s Digest.
The three novels are unique. Cameron Nation is his "Conservative Manifesto" so those with a liberal mindset beware. Columbus Avenue Boys is an epic story about the Scalamarri family tree and their life throughout the 20th Century. A mafia story with a whole lot more! The young adult years of Chris Cameron, Sal Esposito and Tony Albanese are revealed in Cameron’s Quest. Chris, Tuckahoe’s golden boy, ventures off to the University of Texas on a football scholarship to better his life while Sal and Tony earn their education on the streets as enforcers and earners for a ruthless organized crime family. Family blood is thick and the trio bond together to persevere through life’s rollercoaster.
Quote:
"I truly believe every and anyone has the ability to write that one great novel based off of their life experiences." David's storytelling is derived from personal experiences which he twists into a historical setting. His goal is to tell a good story but to also educate the reader.
Random things about David...
Huge New York Mets fan.
Age 16 appeared in movies - World According to Garp & Someone is in the Kitchen with Jamie.
Finalist for a slot in a new reality show; The Selection: Special Ops Project.
Compete in the D10 Decathlon to raise money for Pediatric Cancer research at Sloan-Kettering.
Met Margaret Thatcher, T Boone Pickens, Arthur Lafer.
Ran the NYC Marathon and the Baltimore Marathon.
Won one poker tournament in Atlantic City and also competed in the WSOP Main Event in Vegas (not so good!).
Have a dog named Cammie, a cockapoo - named after my book, Cameron Nation.
Played high school and college football (quarterback and defensive back).
Have bench pressed 350 pounds once and 225 pounds twenty-five times (could be a Guinness Book of World Record for bench press by a plus 50 yr old who weighs under 200 pounds). Currently bench press 185 forty times.
Has created the Diesel Games on YouTube, a global fitness challenge to determine the best athlete/most fit in the world. Diesel_Dad_David.
Did not get Masters Degree due to laziness after writing an extra credit paper to bring grade up but never following up with professor to change the grade.
Married at 29, 3 daughters (all 3.5 yrs apart in age).
Has lived in the same zipcode entire life.
Coached daughters softball team (they lost every game).
Can still throw a football close to 50 yards.
A perennial B- student. High School, College, Grad School.
Has only worked for companies on Wall Street.
Instagram - @diesel_dad_david
Twitter - @davidcarraturo
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/david.carraturo
https://www.paypal.me/davidcarraturo
For better pricing and to receive a signed copy of any of the Columbus Avenue Boys trilogy, contact me at carraturod@aol.com.
Author, David Carraturo is a life-long resident of Tuckahoe, a predominately Italian-Irish American community in Westchester County, New York. He has spent over thirty years working on Wall Street and is married and the father of three daughters. An avid poker player and organized crime/World War Two buff, he spends his free time with his family and exercising the mind and body to sustain happiness and success.
He loves to read a multitude of topics, both fiction and non-fiction but his true passion is anything related to World War Two as well as economics and politics. If you would like a novel reviewed, he is more than happy to review your work. War stories, Mafia reads, poker, economics and general American history would be his sweet spots for an educated review.
The Cameron trilogy includes Cameron's Quest, Cameron Nation: Going All-in to Save His Country and Columbus Avenue Boys: Avenging the Scalamarri Massacre. Columbus Avenue Boys earned Honorable Mention for General Fiction at the 2012 Hollywood Book Festival, was optioned for screenplay adaption and has received recommended read reviews from Kirkus, Midwest Book Reviews and Writer’s Digest.
The three novels are unique. Cameron Nation is his "Conservative Manifesto" so those with a liberal mindset beware. Columbus Avenue Boys is an epic story about the Scalamarri family tree and their life throughout the 20th Century. A mafia story with a whole lot more! The young adult years of Chris Cameron, Sal Esposito and Tony Albanese are revealed in Cameron’s Quest. Chris, Tuckahoe’s golden boy, ventures off to the University of Texas on a football scholarship to better his life while Sal and Tony earn their education on the streets as enforcers and earners for a ruthless organized crime family. Family blood is thick and the trio bond together to persevere through life’s rollercoaster.
Quote:
"I truly believe every and anyone has the ability to write that one great novel based off of their life experiences." David's storytelling is derived from personal experiences which he twists into a historical setting. His goal is to tell a good story but to also educate the reader.
Random things about David...
Huge New York Mets fan.
Age 16 appeared in movies - World According to Garp & Someone is in the Kitchen with Jamie.
Finalist for a slot in a new reality show; The Selection: Special Ops Project.
Compete in the D10 Decathlon to raise money for Pediatric Cancer research at Sloan-Kettering.
Met Margaret Thatcher, T Boone Pickens, Arthur Lafer.
Ran the NYC Marathon and the Baltimore Marathon.
Won one poker tournament in Atlantic City and also competed in the WSOP Main Event in Vegas (not so good!).
Have a dog named Cammie, a cockapoo - named after my book, Cameron Nation.
Played high school and college football (quarterback and defensive back).
Have bench pressed 350 pounds once and 225 pounds twenty-five times (could be a Guinness Book of World Record for bench press by a plus 50 yr old who weighs under 200 pounds). Currently bench press 185 forty times.
Has created the Diesel Games on YouTube, a global fitness challenge to determine the best athlete/most fit in the world. Diesel_Dad_David.
Did not get Masters Degree due to laziness after writing an extra credit paper to bring grade up but never following up with professor to change the grade.
Married at 29, 3 daughters (all 3.5 yrs apart in age).
Has lived in the same zipcode entire life.
Coached daughters softball team (they lost every game).
Can still throw a football close to 50 yards.
A perennial B- student. High School, College, Grad School.
Has only worked for companies on Wall Street.
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