I hoovered up a few of his books - ok all of them then..... Hating Olivia, Hopler's Statement, God Bless America.....and the others. But never found the time to read them so boxed them up.
Last month whilst sorting the tubs, I came across The Favor and thought - why not. A wise choice as it proved to be one of my best book's last month - review here.
SaFranko composes, sings, writes, acts and paints..... and probably a few other things besides!
His website is here.
Four of his books are perhaps semi-autobiographical (if I'm wrong he might tell me!) and concern a recurring character - Max Zajack.
Probably not crime fiction but intriguing enough for me to rescue them from the buried books in the tubs when I find them.
2016 ought to be the year of the Max reading-wise!
The full list of his books from Fantastic Fiction website:
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1. Hating Olivia (2004)
2. Lounge Lizard (2007)
3. God Bless America (2010)
4. Dirty Work (2014)
Novels
The Favor (1988)
Hopler's Statement (1998)
No Strings (2012)
The Suicide (2014)
Collections
Loners (2008)
Dirty Work (2014)

Hoboken: an amorphous, former street-fighting city,
transformed into a chic high-rent neighbourhood full of disposable incomes and
high aspiration. Police detective Brian Vincenti is charged with investigating
the case of a young woman's suicide - or murder - after she falls from an 11th
floor window in an up-and-coming district. Equally as haunted by his past as he
is tortured by his present, Vincenti's journey takes us beyond the damp,
stained streets of Hoboken's nightlife and into his own chaotic world.
He sounds like an interesting author, Col - a Renaissance kind of person. And his work sounds interesting, too. I'll be keen to know what you think of these when you've gotten the chance to read them.
ReplyDeleteMargot - I am,looking forward to reading these. The earlier ones have perhaps been sat around too long - so no time like the present.... or in my case, probably early next year!
DeleteLike The Favor, these sound interesting. I look forward to your reviews.
ReplyDeleteThanks Trayc. I'll get him pencilled in for early 2016 I think.
DeleteOops......fat fingered typo......sorry Tracy......
DeleteYour whole-hearted praise for this writer is definitely doing a good job selling him. In time I may get to him.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do Moira. I had a nice e-mail from him. He says he is possibly better known/more appreciated in the UK than he is at home. I hope more people read him!
DeleteCol, I'm assuming these novels are not very long. Got to factor that in with every book I decide to read.
ReplyDeleteBoth are between 250 - 300 pages each. Quite brief compared to some of the door stops out today.
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