Language:EnglishPublisher:FriesenPressISBN-13:9781038313119ISBN-10:1038313112UPC:9781038313119Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Noir, Satire, HumorousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SC1X5Z2NJ9
Melvin "the Troll" Horgan-lead singer and lyricist of the grunge band Billy Goat's Gruff; self-loathing, angry little gargoyle, and a spiritually and literally impotent loser; a musician devoid of talent and artistry-finally gets his big break after one fleeting burst of creativity while squatting in the bathroom of a Popeye's restaurant just outside of Washington, D.C. Knowing his career is in freefall, Melvin desperately wrenches together a song for his next album-his last shot at success-based on a newspaper story about a stripper's untimely death. If the album flops, it could be back on the streets again. Curiously, the song, "Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice," catapults Melvin and his band into fame-not due to its quality, but because of a chilling phenomenon: during each live performance of this song, a random audience member dies.
The growing fascination with the victims and the real-life story of Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice draws Melvin, an FBI agent, and a corporate lawyer into separate quests to either seek, reject, or ignore the truth behind the song's deadly effect. How can one song born of desperation kill a member of the audience every time it's played live? Is it just a bizarre coincidence, or is something more sinister at play?
Language:EnglishPublisher:FriesenPressISBN-13:9781038313119ISBN-10:1038313112UPC:9781038313119Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Noir, Satire, HumorousSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SC1X5Z2NJ9
Polin, Richard Sanders: - Richard Polin is a 1987 graduate of Harvard University and a 1991 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Despite his busy career as a neurosurgeon and having authored numerous papers, articles, and book chapters, as well as giving many talks all over the world, he has always maintained a passion for writing fiction and a love of modern alternative/grunge music and attending concerts. Like his other works, this novel was crafted in spare moments between clinic patients and surgeries, then written down thirty minutes a night over the course of many years. Richard continues to practice neurosurgery in Portland, Oregon. With his children now graduated, he lives with a six-year-old Aussiedoodle.
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Melvin "the Troll" Horgan-lead singer and lyricist of the grunge band Billy Goat's Gruff; self-loathing, angry little gargoyle, and a spiritually and literally impotent loser; a musician devoid of talent and artistry-finally gets his big break after one fleeting burst of creativity while squatting in the bathroom of a Popeye's restaurant just outside of Washington, D.C. Knowing his career is in freefall, Melvin desperately wrenches together a song for his next album-his last shot at success-based on a newspaper story about a stripper's untimely death. If the album flops, it could be back on the streets again. Curiously, the song, "Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice," catapults Melvin and his band into fame-not due to its quality, but because of a chilling phenomenon: during each live performance of this song, a random audience member dies.
The growing fascination with the victims and the real-life story of Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice draws Melvin, an FBI agent, and a corporate lawyer into separate quests to either seek, reject, or ignore the truth behind the song's deadly effect. How can one song born of desperation kill a member of the audience every time it's played live? Is it just a bizarre coincidence, or is something more sinister at play?
Polin, Richard Sanders: - Richard Polin is a 1987 graduate of Harvard University and a 1991 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Despite his busy career as a neurosurgeon and having authored numerous papers, articles, and book chapters, as well as giving many talks all over the world, he has always maintained a passion for writing fiction and a love of modern alternative/grunge music and attending concerts. Like his other works, this novel was crafted in spare moments between clinic patients and surgeries, then written down thirty minutes a night over the course of many years. Richard continues to practice neurosurgery in Portland, Oregon. With his children now graduated, he lives with a six-year-old Aussiedoodle.
