Mr. Overby is Falling  [Paperback]

Nathan Tyree (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 2004

As the world spirals out of control around him, he is losing his mind. He has grown obsessed with the mounting tensions that predominate the news. Like so many of us, he lives in constant fear. Fear of nuclear annihilation. Fear of bio-chemical warfare. Fear of terrorism. Fear of crime. Fear of the violent predators our society produces. But mostly he lives in fear of himself. Then he meets Walter. Walter is a giant of a man. Walter has never known fear. Others fear Walter. Together Overby and Walter decide to become the most terrible force the world has ever known. This is a story of madness and terror. It is a story of all of us living in the last days of civilization on the edge of the empire.

Editorial Reviews

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Full of interesting truths wrapped inside a sadistic tale of sadistic people living in a sadistic world -- PA Website

About the Author

Nathan Tyree was born in Kansas, but has managed to live in twenty cities in seven states. He works as a freelance writer. Currently he writes a monthly column for an alternative newspaper, called Edge3d. His fiction has appeared in a variety of literary journals, including Star Crossed, The Coffee Faucet, Flesh and Blood, Doorknobs & Body Paint, Problem Child, The Shallow End,MiniMag and a variety of others. He has edited an on-line literary magazine called The Story Garden. Tyree has written film related articles for Noah Says, Themestream, Share Inputs, Ciao, and Epinions. For a time he wrote bi-weekly articles for Suite 101. His first novel, Mr. Overby is Falling, is available now.

Mr. Tyree lives with his wife, the noted photographer Sarah Tyree, and a virtual menagerie of animals. He has never mastered the oboe, nor would he wish to.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (April 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413715265
• ISBN-13: 978-1413715262
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,110,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crime and perdition, May 9, 2004

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"bsuelewis" (Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Overby is Falling  (Paperback)

I love crime novels, and this is a great one. Mr. Overby is Falling is in the tradition of the work of Jim Thompson. It is a smart, violent, lurid tale told graphically. It is the story of two crazy killers who team up to terrify a city. It is also about the terrible way the world works.

This book will stay with you a long time after you read it. You will be thinking about Overby and Walter for days. You may even find yourself dreaming about them. If you do, hope that you wake up quickly!

A great book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reading!, May 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Mr. Overby is Falling  (Paperback)

Mr. Overby is Falling was is a great book. It's fast paced and exciting, without being trite or dumb. On the surface this is a serial killer tale, about a pair of psychotic monsters who stalk and kill the innocent. Below the surface is a subtext about something completely different. Underneath it's a philosophical story. A bit like the novels and plays of Sartre, it uses story to make a deeper point.

Mr. Overby is falling is well written, and smart. It is very violent, very graphic. Those who are easily offended may be bothered by it. The rest of the world can learn from it.

I recommend this book!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tyree's Twister, June 23, 2004

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Brent Powers "Brent Powers, famous author, fo... (Redwood City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Overby is Falling  (Paperback)

This one already shows all the signs of a cult classic just about to take off. At first you're gonna think, Oh no, here comes one last late brat pack lament when WAMMY! Mr. Overby starts to fall - and fallandfallandfallandfall, and you're in for more falling than you could imagine. This little book will have you biting your nails - and just long enough, too, because you feel that if Tyree goes any further you'll start on the fingers too and you're gonna just have to be medicated. Go for it. A brilliant, surreal thrill ride ... not to mention social commentary, satire, uncomfortable questions asked and answered uncomfortably, whadayagot, it's there. I can't imagine where this young author is going to take us next.