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“ I love it when I find a book so touching like yours. You’ve done that brilliantly.” – Nicholas Boving I find Faulkner and Joyce and Lawrence, among others, all too fond of the sound of their own words and unable to ‘get on with it’. “It’s very difficult to write what is called a literary novel without coming across as wordy or plain rambling. For me it was on par with Harper Lee, JD Salinger or John Steinbeck as American social commentary…” – Mark Williams International “ I have no doubt that it will be huge once it gets the attention of the right people, and be compulsory reading in schools one day. MORE PRAISE FOR TOM WINTON’S ‘ BEYOND NOSTALGIA‘

Even after she finds Dean unconscious at a botched suicide attempt–a time-faded photograph of Theresa clenched in his hands-her love never wavers.īut is Maddy’s loyalty enough to keep them together? Or will a force far stronger than fate alone change everything? And for twenty years his wife, Maddy Frances, remains so giving (and forgiving) she deserves to be canonized a living saint. Theresa! Theresa! Theresa! She just won’t go away!ĭespite all Dean’s hang-ups and mental baggage, he eventually does marry another woman. He’s forever haunted by treasured memories of his long-lost teenage soul-mate. A story or true love that survives all the hurdles.īEYOND NOSTALGIA: Born with blue in his collar instead of his veins, best-selling author Dean Cassidy chronicles his soul-scarring rise from New York’s darkest alleys to a place high atop the literary world.Īs difficult and unlikely as such a climb is, there’s yet another force working against Dean.

Soppy, girly romance, no.Ī unique voice and a tale told without the frills. I’m more of a blood & guts kinda gal, but I really enjoyed this. Now, those of you that know me will know that romance isn’t my thing. Shake your head, rid your brain of all those crazy images, reverse the cogs, empty those little grey cells and picture this:ĭescribed as a “monumental romance” Beyond Nostalgia is just that – with class. BUT, whatever you were thinking, un-think it. Soooo, what have we today then? Well, it’s a bit of a strange one this.Ī guy that writes romance? Whaaaaaaaaa’? Yup. We all know where to go for that (should it be your thing)… Noooooooooo steaming pile of cack here, M’lad.