David Serafino

Absent Fathers: A Millennium Trilogy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Absent Fathers is a satirical weave of three interconnected stories examining the fate of Generation X set against the complicated politics surrounding the war on drugs, teenage prostitutes and the meaning of success. Irreverent and nihilistic where fatalism battles hope, it is the story of a young man who searches for his father to find himself. Danny Fortune is in jail in Toronto at the start of the new millennium, passing the time logging entries into his journal. He has returned home to visit his sister, while avoiding his overbearing mother; and also to uncover clues as to his absent father who went missing seven years earlier. These clues are uncovered in letters written to his best friend 'Uncle Marc', a well-traveled journalist who Danny idolizes. As an aspiring writer himself, he has spent the last few years traveling to find inspiration. A draft copy of a novel written by his father provides more clues. The final and disturbing piece of evidence is revealed in Uncle Marc's journal.

The trilogy falls under three titles: 'Notes from a Jailhouse Floor'; 'TheWhores of Eden'; and 'Zambonis of the Amazon'. 'Notes' includes entries into Danny's diary as well as letters written from Gabriel Fortune to his best friend, Marc Bryant, and are interleaved throughout the book. 'Zambonis' is a novella supposedly penned by Gabriel which reads like an autobiography and stands on its own as an aside but still offering clues leading to discovery. 'Whores' extends Gabe's letter writing to Marc but also begins a correspondence between the two which leads to their eventual reconvening in a proverbial den of iniquity. Throughout the book, an ongoing narration by Danny develops his character and examines the complicated relationship he has with his family and the love and trust he and his sister share for each other. Primarily, however, the narrative assists in maintaining a clear connection between the three methods of telling a complicated story.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David Serafino
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005453312
• Artikelnr.: 75898993

Autorenporträt

David Serafino was born in 1947 and grew up in Niagara Falls Ontario but has lived almost all of his adult life in the historic town of Port Dalhousie, now a suburb of St. Catharines Ontario. He began writing while a young adult, contributing to local publications and attempting a first yet-to-be published auto-biographical novel. In 1997 he began publishing Dalhousie Peer Magazine which ran for 14 years and 150 monthly issues. He is a published author by virtue of having a short story adjudicated for inclusion in a Canadian literary journal in 2009. In 1997 he co-authored and printed a history book of Port Dalhousie titled "A Nickel a Ride" In 2020 he produced, published and co-authored a more detailed and complete history of Port Dalhousie titled "Port Dalhousie: An Intimate History. Serafino has also written a series of five plays based on the War of 1812 and two children's plays, some of which were performed locally and in New York State. He has also published two novels and a book of short stories & poems as eBooks. He is an amateur musician who uploads self-produced music videos of original songs to YouTube. Together, with his wife Lana, they have built an off-grid, solar-powered retreat in Central Ontario where they spend much of their summer. Since retirement in 2010 they have spent part of their winters in Latin America.