Overview
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In the shadow of World War II, the barren, dusty streets of Litchfield, Arkansas, are even quieter than usual, leaving hotel detective George āJojoā Walker with too much time to struggle with his own personal demons.
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But everything changes when a traveling picture show comes to town. The filmās purveyors check into the hotel where Jojo works and set up a special midnight screening at the local theater. The curtain rises on a surreal carnival of dark magic and waking nightmares, starring Jojo and the residents of Litchfield, as madness, murder, and mayhem threaten to engulf them allĀ .Ā .Ā .
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āA stunner of a storyĀ .Ā .Ā . Flat-out brilliantĀ .Ā .Ā . Unfolds like petals of an exotic and scandalous black flowerāeach one gently opening to give the reader a distressing revelationĀ .Ā .Ā . Powerful ideas, wrapped in a dark mantle of horror.ā āMy Haunted Library
āIf you like pulpy noir with a dose of existentialism mixed with some utterly bizarre horror, this book is for you.ā āFangoria
āGenre mash-ups like this one are difficult to execute, but Kurtz navigates it deftly, with writing so visceral and evocative it feels less like reading a book and more like watching a film in real time.ā āLiterary Hub
āWhile it echoes with the shadowy threatening of Bradburyās Something Wicked This Way Comes and the religious dread of Hjortsbergās Falling Angel, the clearest voice here is Kurtzās own cry into the existential abyss.ā āBracken MacLeod, author of Mountain Home
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This book title, The Rib from Which I Remake the World, ISBN: 9781504063500, by Ed Kurtz, published by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (October 6, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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