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A story that will haunt your own nights. Jan 04, 2010
By OCMD
"bookworm"
Savage Days Haunted Nights by Bennett Kremen is a crime drama about a man who is a walking contradiction. Dorian embodies a mix of good and evil and the opposition between his conflicting ideas, behavior and feelings threatens to drive him crazy. The story will take you to Chicago, New York and even the wilds of Alaska and Kremen's detailed descriptions will put you right in the thick of the action.
Dorian and his girlfriend, Ana, live in Manhattan and work the flea markets together. She finds the items to sell and he does the heavy lifting and rents the truck. Two weeks ago she left him because he decided he wanted a baby. Without her sales expertise he's having trouble making ends meet and he makes a big mistake. He borrows $15,000 from a loan shark and has no means to pay him back. The interest piles up and Frankie wants his money. Then Dorian makes an even bigger mistake. He runs into Frankie near Sully's Pub and when Frankie demands his money, Dorian becomes belligerent and gets in his face. He threatens Frankie, emphasizing the fact that he's from the old West Side in Chicago, Capone territory. This doesn't sit well with Frankie and before long the word is out that Frankie is gunning for him.
Dorian holes up in his apartment and thinks about his past. He was a dyslexic boy who couldn't read and ended up hanging with a bunch of hoodlums. When he got a little older he made his way to New York with a bag of stolen money. He wanted to do better and he painstakingly wrote book reviews and essays but his impaired ability to comprehend written words made it a very slow process and he couldn't make a living at it. When he met Ana the two of them scratched out a living and he was happy. But then things went sour and now he's afraid to go outside. Dorian hears that Ana is being threatened and his old violent nature surfaces. There's no way he can allow Ana to be terrorized. He leaves the apartment via the roof and manages to buy a gun.
This is a story about buried hopes, the choices people make and the consequences that result. Dorian is a convincing character and the author makes you privy to his thoughts as he tries to analyze his situation and how to deal with it. Will he learn from past mistakes or continue on a destructive path? There's plenty of suspense and action along the way. It's an engrossing read on many levels. I expect we'll see more from Bennett Kremen.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Savage Days Haunted Nights Mar 21, 2009
By S. Bellum
For adventure and suspense, run, hide, and battle over the rooftops and through the alleys of New York one step ahead of the Mafia in a kill or be killed persuit as terror challanges morality. Travel back in time to the gangland streets of Chicago and experience adventure on the pipeline of Alaska. You cannot put the book down. There are no paperdoll characters here. The characters are real and you will care what happens to them. Damian, the hero is a man of our times, conflicted, yearning to prevail in righteousness but not always acheiving his goal. The locales are exactingly described with detail that makes them live. You will know where you are. You will feel the place. Mr. Kremen brings New York to life as only a sensitive and insightful New Yorker can. This is a rare book, well written with a fresh and original voice.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Tense adventure, colorful characters Jan 26, 2009
By Peter Hochstein
"The New York Crank [Http:TheNewYorkCrank.blogspot.com]"
"Savage Days Haunted Nights" is tense and often harrowing. The hero, Dorian, is living through a life-threatening nightmare and the reader gets to live it with him.
The novel also evokes images from an era that's past, but not forgotten. For example, you enjoy a glimpse of the action at The Lion's Head, a long gone "writer's bar."
You also get a taste of the bleak life of a pipe cutter on the Alaskan North Slope. And you'll deal with a cast of credible characters who range from petty loan sharks and made Mafiosi to a stuffy college professor.
Savage Days, Haunted Nights is an exciting and fast-moving read. Well worth ordering.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
unforgettable character Nov 24, 2008
By Gina Marco
SAVAGE DAYS HAUNTED NIGHTS is a book that definitely grabs your attention and doesn't for a minute let you go. The main character is always intriguing, a combination of both the sublime and the savage, of the poet and the avenger. And he takes us into vastly different worlds, some high some low, yet is always real and convincing as he leads us through intense adventures one after another, revealing a deep understanding of life and ourselves without a boring moment.
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savage days; haunted nights Dec 22, 2008
By Chase
Just finished this book. This work in not only a roller coaster ride but has the inherent morality that embides in our human nature. Thanks to Mr Kremen for a great ride. Caution: wear your seat belts!!
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