Mark SaFranko è un romanziere e scrittore di racconti le cui opere hanno ottenuto recensioni entusiastiche e un seguito devoto, in particolare in tutta Europa. Oltre alla sua acclamata scrittura, i suoi talenti artistici si estendono alla pittura e alla musica, mostrando un ricco spirito creativo. I lettori attratti da voci letterarie distintive troveranno la sua prosa avvincente e le sue esplorazioni profonde. La sua arte e la sua scrittura sono profondamente intrecciate, offrendo una prospettiva unica sul suo lavoro creativo.
"Dough Guthrie betreibt die Website Professor Romance, um Männern beim Kennenlernen von Frauen zu helfen. Gemeinsam mit Ghostwriter Lance Bertovich unterstützt er Kunden wie Norman Bright, der versucht, das Herz einer Kollegin zu gewinnen. Doch als der Betrug auffliegt, hat dies fatale Folgen. Dear Professor Romance ist eine moderne Hommage an Miss Lonelyhearts."
Für den Hightechmanager Parker Saturn beginnt der sonnige Septembertag in New York etwas ungewöhnlich. Der ihm bis dato unbekannte Kollege Ivan Rubleski aus der Dependance an der Westküste hat ihn zu einer Besprechung in ein Hotel in Manhattan bestellt. Trotz einer quälenden Migräne fühlt Parker sich fit für einen langen Arbeitstag mit anschließendem Geschäftsessen und einer Tour durch die Nachtlokale. Doch es kommt alles ganz anders: Rubleski führt sich plötzlich auf, als hätte er jahrelang im New Yorker Schlachthof gearbeitet. Der Eindruck eines außer Kontrolle geratenen Gulag-Golems verstärkt sich, als Rubleski Parker seine Lebens- und Todesphilosophie erklärt und immer wieder an blutigen Beispielen eindrucksvoll demonstriert, wie der neoliberale Raubtierkapitalismus der USA ausgelebt werden sollte. AMERIGONE ist mehr als eine tiefschwarze Tragikomödie, denn hinter der Fassade dieses spannungsgeladenen Thrillers verbirgt sich eine weitere Dimension: Jenseits der Gewalt wird die Tragik des amerikanischen Traums transparent, der, konsequent zu Ende gedacht, durch Fehlen jedweder Empathie und Solidarität in die Katastrophe führen muss.
Nowhere Near Hollywood is the fifth major instalment of the 'Max Zajack' series. Familiar to readers across the world from the earlier novels, this time around Max, after years of struggle to get his writing recognized, decides impulsively -- and unwisely -- to try his hand at acting in order to get his career off the ground. If anything can bring him attention, he tries to convince his skeptical and long-suffering girlfriend, Gayle, it's recognition as a performer. After all, the most powerful man in the world -- the President of the United States -- is himself a flopped "B" actor.Shot through with Max's characteristic black humor, Nowhere Near Hollywood traces his long, wacky journeythrough the fringes of the film and theater industries in New York City, from playing a Native Americanpitching hot dogs, to being asked to drop his trousers at a movie audition, to his heartbreaking near-missesas a playwright and screenwriter.
Richard Marzten thinks he's getting away with the perfect affair--his wife will never suspect, and he'll continue his luxurious lifestyle with the addition of afternoon trysts. But cheaters never prosper, and, in Richard's case, they may not even live. His lies begin to unravel, and his fling with Gretchen turns from a dream to a nightmare. The man who had it all soon realizes that his foolish foray could cost him everything, and a desperate man is a dangerous man. Lust, murder, panic, anger... Where will it end?