Jerome Antil

Summers of Shadows, Bodies and Bridges (eBook, ePUB)

The Pompey Hollow Book Club Series

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This historically set trilogy is packed full of small twists and clever turns; and the central characters are fully developed and highly interesting. The story basically follows a small number of characters growing up in the 1950s. There is a gripping adventure in all three of the books, but, in many ways, this is not a plot-led story. It's all in the characters. And all of the characters - even many of the secondary - literally jump off the page. The author has his characters talk in a way that is fitting to the time, but, thankfully, it is always understandable, and, as such, only adds to the story. In many ways, this set of books is an ode to the 'good old days'; and I suspect the author remembers them with relish, and not a little yearning. As he says in the intro, 'before there were cell phones and an internet…of a time when a full, hot meal at school cost a quarter'. But, although 'history' is a vital part of the story, the author also understands how important it is not to just simply describe the 'historical' setting but, rather, have the characters interact with it in a natural and unobtrusive way. Many authors, who set a book in a different century, seem determined to describe every silver spoon and every woolen tunic. Thankfully, this author has not fallen into that trap. I was particularly impressed by the style of writing in many ways. Many authors tend to describe setting and characters in hefty lumps of text, particularly in historical texts. But this can kill the pacing. Thankfully, this author is wise to this, cleverly mixing up speech, fun happenings and the describing of character and setting. Subsequently, the writing felt light and not at all like wading through cauliflower-cheese. And, where there is description, it is imaginatively written. To sum up, this is a gem of a trilogy. Most readers, particularly men, will find it gripping; the sort of books to get lost in; the sort of books where every character is the sort of character you wish lived on your own street. Also, I suspect, many will find this story helps them to reflect on family, the simplicity of youth and old school pals lost in time. It's the sort of story you recommend to a pal; that gets tatty corners as it's read so much.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little York Books
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781737857228
• Artikelnr.: 62618995

Autorenporträt

Born in 1941, just eight months before the Pearl Harbor attack, Antil can remember sitting on the floor and listening to President Roosevelt make his world famous speech, our declaration of war. When Jerry was five days old his mother predicted he would be the writer of the family and named him Jerome after the Patron Saint of Libraries and Mark, after Mark Twain. Young Jerome Mark Antil grew up in front of the Delphi Falls (now a historical park) in upstate Central New York, just 7 miles from the Chittenango Falls where L. Frank Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz; and 70 miles from overlooking the Chemung River where Mark Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Antil is an award winning author of Historical Fiction and Non Fiction humor. He writes of life in the shadows of WWII, using characters he grew up with. Born the seventh child of a seventh son of a seventh son, Antil began writing before he was ten. Antil was raised by a strong male role model, his devoted father and three very strong women, his mother and two older sisters provided a sensitive keel to his life journey. Woman play very strong and important roles in all Antil's novels. Antil favorite authors include, John Steinberg, Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote and some of Mark Twain. Antil is noted for his impeccable research on all backdrops of any of his work. His historical fiction being used in schools worldwide and his non fiction in marketing forums and classes at the college and university graduate level.