Martyr's Creek (Paperback)

by David Chacko (Author)

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Product Description

What do you do when you're named the executor of the estate of your worst enemy? What can he possibly offer that will keep you interested? Find out what the most demonic man in the neo-conservative movement did to cement the deal. It's the same thing he always did, but with a twist.

Dealing with the devil is just a phrase. Find out what it means when it's real.

From the Publisher

David Chacko's thirteenth novel, Martyr's Creek, proves that numbers mean little in the life of a writer. After setting his last four novels in foreign countries with well realized backdrops, Chacko returns home with a sharp eye, sorting through American loves and conflicts (politics) with as deft a hand as anyone has shown in some time.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 316 pages
• Publisher: Foremost Press (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978970438
• ISBN-13: 978-0978970437
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,658,549 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PSYCOPATHIC POLITICS, April 11, 2007

By	Dudley Lamar (NYC) - See all my reviews

If you've ever suspected that the current state of American politics is a conspiracy, you'll love MARTYR'S CREEK. Something is rotten in the state of union, and it all begins with money and the way it corrupts. The neo-conservative movement, that group of brilliant and destructive academics and bureaucrats, is represented here in the figure of Tom Powys. He has died and named to administer his estate James Pandolph, who was once his best friend and is now his sworn enemy. Why would any man do something as perverse as that? You'll have to read the books to find out. It's hard to believe it's part of Powys' character in the beginning, but hard to forget by the end of the book. It's also enough to say that the reasons for the perversity and the novel's fantastic currents make sense once the story is told to the last page. And told very well. Chacko is as good a writer as there is in this country.

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, November 13, 2007

By	Evening Reader (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews

Based on reviews, I expected a thrilling, thought-provoking book. No such luck. I'm an avid and pretty forgiving reader, but was very disappointed to find the book very poorly written and edited. It was confusing, with convoluted sentences, a myriad of vague and unrelated plot lines, lousy sex scenes, etc. I had to force myself to finish it. I did get a laugh when a woman in the book was described as having covered herself in a "swatch" of material (must've meant a swath?). Pretty skimpy outfit!

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5.0 out of 5 stars NEW AGE, OLD TIMES, May 28, 2007

By	The Sage of Morton St. "Model" (New York City) - See all my reviews

MARTYR'S CREEK is one of the most provocative books of the year. If you can imagine having a neo-con friend who is a really an enemy who names you the executor of his estate, you may be able to see how the book's story goes. The main character and narrator, a man everyone calls Panda, sorts through huge stacks of money, meets a flurry of old friends who are in every state of denial, until he finally comes to the mystery that drives everything in the book without anyone knowing it's there. Add to that a love resumed, the reclaiming of a lost son, and the righting of a university that was destroyed in the name of conservative doctrine, and you have David Chacko's thirteen book. One of these days someone will going to come up with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Novels. This is where they might start.