Colin Heston Libri

Iranian terrorist Shalah Muhammad, long time manager of suicide bombers, and his neurotic Russian American apprentice, Sarah Kohmsky, hire a Russian mafia boss, Uncle Sergey, and his evil nuclear scientist, Turgo, to hit Ground Zero on the anniversary of 9/11. Hearing of the plan from the CIA, but estranged from her policing commissioner, New York Mayor Ruth Newberg asks Professor Larry Maciver, world renowned criminologist, for help. While the terrorists quietly orchestrate their attack, the drama unfolds as a battle between MacIver the careful scientist, and the impatient Buck Buick, Newark cop and former Marine bomb squad specialist. NYC politics doesn't help matters either, nor does the FBI when it embarks on sting operations that lead to CIA renditions and revelations of unwarranted surveillance. Will it be a drone, a missile, or a repeat of the 9/11 bombings? Das, Maciver's geeky assistant, thinks he has the answer. Can they save NYC or must it save itself? Predictably, things end up very ugly.

The opening story of MONA, inspired by the Museum of Old and New Art located in Hobart, Tasmania, sets the stage for this collection of short stories that adds an Australian flavor to Colin Heston's acclaimed The Tommie Felon Show. As one reviewer of that collection noted "?vivid and real, some of the stories seem to jump out of the pages? engaging, hilarious, unique? a commentary on human desires, shortcomings and the society we live in?. one has to look beyond the words and the events in these stories to really appreciate them." Many of the stories appear straightforward, but their simplicity brilliantly reveals many truths about modern society-so-called-and the impossibility of human ambitions reflected in the societies they have created.

"In this Pythonesque farce, Alphonso, supreme Mexican drug lord, infiltrates the Vatican and corners the market in Holy Water. The pope dies mysteriously from erectile dysfunction and Alphonso replaces him with his friend Cardinal Pollagrande, whose housekeeper is a robot called Estelle. Awash in money, Alphonso buys his LGBTQ daughter, Julia, a New Jersey State university, and renames it Virgin Hall. The Pope visits for its Pentecostal opening that features dancing with tiger snakes. Naturally, this is followed by various annulments, an impromptu papal conclave, and a revision of the Virgin Hall touching and safe space policies"-- Provided by publisher

Set against the bawdy life of a 1950s Aussie pub, young Chooka searches for his identity, and that of his underage girlfriend, Iris. Chooka’s alcoholic father dies and Eddie, the bar owner, takes him in. When Iris’s best friend Millie is murdered, Iris disappears, and Chooka’s nemesis, The Preacher, accuses him of the murder. Challenged by tragedy and tempered by humor, the search for identities intensifies until this raw young couple finally discovers what it truly means to love each other.