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"666 The Mark of Pastiche," by Jeremy Price
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$13.95
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ISBN 978-1-60264-437-3, $13.95, 248 pages.
When sherm head Max Pollitt gets mistaken in a bar for a man that a sawn-off racketeer lent sixty-thousand dollars to in order to pay off accumulated gambling debts a couple of years back, it pitches him headlong into a crazy, shadowy and mysterious world of doppelgangers, time slips, parallel universes and quantum theory. Add to the mix the fact that because of his drug addiction, Max is more than likely an insane schizophrenic and we have an immensely amusing and surreal adventure of his off the wall attempts to raise this amount of money and more within ten days — or else! Of course there has to be a little romantic ingredient included along the way and this is ably provided for by both Gena and Martha — although at times it seems our anti-hero has difficulty in deciding as to just which one his affections belong. Written in the teasing style of parody this entertainingly bizarre story rattles along like an express train until at last it hits the end-of-the-line buffers in an unexpected and extraordinarily disturbing, supernatural, encore evoking finale.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeremy Price is an author who has always enjoyed delving into the mysteries of the unknown — putting his own humorous interpretations on such subjects as quantum theory, life after death, poltergeists, ghosts, parallel universes and the like. Already published in Prediction Magazine for a major article on Near Death Experiences he thinks that all these matters should be treated with a feeling of joyous optimism for the other lives that may follow — ‘as to do otherwise is to take the one which we have now far too seriously’. Born after the World War II in 1946 as a baby-boomer he has lived most of his life in the County of Worcestershire, England, and after being educated at Queen’s College, has spent a varied working life selling life insurance, truck driving and running his own video film rental store and photocopying business. His time is now taken up with writing novels and songs as well as singing and playing drums in a local rock band called Wotsaname. Married and divorced twice, with six grown up children and eight grandchildren, he now leads a reclusive life with his faithful old dog Jessie on a trailer park in the heart of the English countryside.
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