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About The Book:
Author: Mickey J. Corrigan
Pub. Date: April 22, 2021
Publisher: QuoScript UK
Pages: 210
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, TBD, Bookshop.org
Seymour, a down-and-out former teacher and semi-alcoholic who is haunted by the death of his girlfriend, tells the story of how he lifted himself out of grief and apathy. The catalyst is a mystery man - Raymond C. Dasher - who enters Seymour's life via a chance encounter and persuades him to accept a job as a professional griever. A series of adventures follow, some macabre, some sinister, some extremely funny, as Seymour encounters an improbably diverse but highly credible set of characters united only by the fact that all are interacting in some way with death. Most complex is Milton Lasker, a former mobster whose relationship with Seymour is ambivalent, to say the least - even his overtures of help are terrifying. But then there's Yvonne, who reminds Seymour what it's like to feel alive. The Physics of Grief is a unique, quirky crime novel presenting the upside of funerals and a hopeful look at second chances - and at death.
Book Trailer:
Excerpt:
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything," the man
said. "I've seen you in here a few times this week and … if I may be
frank? You look like you need something to do. It just so happens I have a bit
of work that might interest you."
His lips smiled while his eyes stared out coldly from some
unknowable interior space. In the crowded café, he was closer to me than the
pandemic six-feet regulation allowed, but that didn't faze me. At this point in
my life, an early visit from the grim reaper would've been welcome.
"Shall I tell you about the job?" he asked.
His solicitous demeanor gave me the kind of creeps I got
around priests and undertakers. For good reason, it turned out. The man slid
his business card across the stained Formica table. Raymond C. Dasher, Professional Grievers, Inc. was printed on a
laminated white card with a local phone number in the same basic block font.
"Here's how it works," Raymond said. "My
service is unique, and I have built my reputation on the promise of complete
discretion. My clients come to me reluctantly when they are desperate for help,
desperate enough to pay top dollar for my services. And with what do I provide
them? I provide them with peace of mind at a time of utmost vulnerability. I
provide them with a means of exiting the stage to a standing ovation. A way to
say farewell with the kind of royal fanfare they think they deserve. Especially
now that funerals are less populated. In the modern era, virus or no virus, we
should give the dying whatever they desire. Don't you agree?"
He glanced around us at the café crowd and smiled in a patronizing
way before he continued to pontificate. "In Nigeria when a relative dies
you shave your head and refuse to answer the telephone. Can you imagine anyone
in our society willing to make such a sacrifice? In certain Australian tribes
after the death of a spouse the widow never speaks again. She uses sign
language for the rest of her life. No American wife would ever consider
shutting up to mourn the loss of her husband." He shook his head in
disapproval. "The Canadian Ojibwa would pour ashes on their heads after a
loved one died, and the men pushed knives, needles, or thorns through the skin
of their chests and arms. The LoDagaa of Ghana are said to bind up the
relatives of the deceased in order to restrain their grief. Many cultures once
buried alive those closest to the recently departed. Women and slaves were
walled up in tombs, some with a view of the church conducting the funeral.
Victorians dressed in black and behaved like living monuments to the dead for
years afterward."
The café manager wore a thick double mask. He circled, waiting
to come in for the kill. He wanted his table back. When he flapped the check at
me, I waved him away. "Go on," I said to Raymond.
About Mickey J. Corrigan:
Originally from Boston, Mickey J. Corrigan hides out in the
lush ruins of South Florida to write pulp fiction, literary crime, and
psychological thrillers. Her stories have been called "delightful
pulp," "oh so compulsive," "dark and gritty," and
"bizarre but believable."
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Giveaway Details:
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