Meet Calvin Beach, a disturbed postal clerk with a grudge against illegal immigrants and welfare mothers. He plans to keep postal inspectors busy with homemade bombs. He will succeed, too, because he has a patsy chained in an abandoned Titan missile base in the desert. But Calvin is also being watched by a rookie postal inspector named Victor Kazy, the one person who suspects the police are looking for the wrong man. When Victor finally uncovers the truth about an abduction--that of his partner Maria--watch Calvin "go postal." (approximate length: 9 hours; 6 cassettes; download from Audible)
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Lowe's debut novel takes off from the term "going postal," which has become synonymous with violent public massacres committed by angry gun-toting civil servants. Calvin Beach, a mail sorter working in Arizona, is a troubled Vietnam veteran. He's diabetic, overweight, impotent and wears sunglasses indoors because he's sensitive to light. At work, he's a loner with few friends. At home, he likes to write letters to his dead parents, explaining his twisted reality. Mostly, he's angryAat unwed welfare mothers, immigrants, retirees, anyone receiving government benefits. His response is to build mail bombs. Soon, he's pitted against two brave postal inspectors, Victor Kazy, an idealistic ex-schoolteacher, and Maria Castillo, a seasoned pro. When they pick up Calvin's trail, he kidnaps Maria. Only Victor can save her. The reading is performed by the renowned Muller, one of spoken audio's true pros. He's able to affect the psychotic creeping paranoia behind Calvin's reasoning sympathetically, bringing a poignancy to this otherwise nasty fantasy. Based on the 1996 Write Way book, Going Postal. (Sept.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"A class performance, powerful and accomplished...mystery at its best." --Clive Cussler
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Published widely in magazines, with awards from the SC Arts Commission, Roger C. Peace foundation, and Writer's Digest. Author of POSTMARKED FOR DEATH ("Postal" on audio, now an ebook for Kindle and Nook), AWAKENING STORM, FAME ISLAND (THE INSTANT CELEBRITY in ebook format), GEEZER (ie. THE METHUSELAH GENE ebook), and THE MIRACULOUS PLOT OF LEITER & LOTT. Editor of TowerReview.com. Live in Tucson, AZ and Greenville, SC.
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