#Booktour The Benevolent Terrorist
The Benevolent Terrorist
By Danny Wynn
Genre: Adventure/Literary
The Benevolent
Terrorist is a thinking person’s adventure story, in the vein of various novels
by Graham Greene, Robert Stone, and Patricia Highsmith. It tells the tale of a
troubled young American named Jack who’s been wandering the world for extended
periods on an increasingly desperate quest for excitement and adventure. Jack
is traveling with a likable and beautiful Australian woman, who’s quickly
getting fed up with him. In Athens, they meet a mysterious loner, an ex-Army
guy who recently finished working construction in Tunisia. The unlikely trio
travels to a Greek island where a romantic triangle develops. Jack’s deep
desire to escape boredom and his theory of benevolent terrorism – ¬fighting
terrorists with terror – lead the two men on a dark and violent adventure. The
novel explores with intelligence a number of the disturbing aspects of life and
artfully straddles the boundary between commercial and literary ¬fiction.
“A fantastic, existentialist thriller with visceral charm...offers a trio of vivid character studies while ¬filling [the narrative] with sinister tension...sharp, philosophical, and occasionally surreal prose.”— Kirkus Reviews
“A fantastic, existentialist thriller with visceral charm...offers a trio of vivid character studies while ¬filling [the narrative] with sinister tension...sharp, philosophical, and occasionally surreal prose.”— Kirkus Reviews
About the
Author
The Benevolent Terrorist is my third novel of publishable
quality. Before turning full-time to
writing, I worked at CBS Records (later Sony Music) for many years and traveled
extensively, rising to the level of Executive Vice President. I’ve lived in New
York City, Los Angeles, and London, and now make my home in the West Village
with my wife and two children. My second favorite place in the world (after the
West Village) is the island of Mallorca, Spain, which I have visited more than
thirty times (and is where one of my earlier novels, Man From the Sky, is set).
My writing has received numerous starred reviews and garnered very
favorable criticism such as, “an enjoyable tale of lost souls colliding in the
most unlikely of places,” “conjuring shades of Steinbeck,” “the prose is subtle
but vivid, intellectually engaged but never arid, as the author provides
readers with a flurry of snapshots that gradually coalesce into a picture of
tarnished longings,” and “well written, thought provoking…,stands in a class
all by itself.”
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Sounds like a great read. I have been looking for some new books to fill up my Kindle. I will check this out.
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