Review
A humorous, satirical take on the restrictions imposed by the Catholic
church during the 1960's and 1970's,
Feast or Famine is
written brilliantly while placing an emphasis on Italian food, family and
passion from a unique vantage point. With great characters,
witty dialogues and just the right pace,
Feast or Famine is a delight
to read and thoroughly enjoyable to the core!.
The author
has got the whole Italian, Catholic and South Philadelphia
setting absolutely spot on so much so that I could literally imagine myself in
some of the scenes.
Even before I had finished the first couple of chapters, I knew that I was
in for a very entertaining and intelligent read! The author, has a writing style that's very easy on the
eyes and brings you into the skins of the various characters very early on.
That for me is one of the key strengths of the book and because of that the
timing and placement of every witty remark is absolutely bang on.
Mike Accordo is a character you'll definitely remember for a
long time and I wouldn't be lying when I say that Feast or Famine is a pure
pleasure to read.
Feast or Famine is an impressive novel by Gus Cileone and
although not a book for the masses, has everything going right for it in terms
of content, humor, satire and style. His style of writing captures the essence
of the 1960′s and '70′s very well and puts the reader in a place where the
nurturing and suffocation of the soul happens at the same time. All said and
done, I'd give
Feast or Famine a good 4 stars out of 5!
- LatestBookReviews.net
Augustus Cileone cooks up this tale with a
good balance of humor, history, lively characters, and wistful honesty. Five
stars. - Self-Publishing Review
About the Author
Augustus Cileone won the Dark Oak
Mystery Contest sponsored by Oak Tree Press, which published his first novel,
A Lesson in Murder, about homicides
associated with a Philadelphia Quaker school with literary allusions.
His second novel,
Feast or Famine, a satire, deals with a traumatized man dealing
with his Catholic Italian American upbringing in the 1960's and 1970's.
He
has been honored for his writing by
Annual
Art Affair,
Hidden River Arts,
the annual
Writer's Digest writing
competition,
The Philadelphia Writers'
Conference, the
Montgomery County
Community College's Annual Writers'
Club Poetry and Fiction Contest,
Filmmakers
International Screenwriting Awards, and the
Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.
Don Ron Books is also including one of his
short stories in their collection entitled
South
Philly Fiction.
