![]() For me it was on par with Harper Lee, JD Salinger or John Steinbeck as American social commentary.” - Mark Williams International“It's very difficult to write what is called a literary novel without coming across as wordy or plain rambling. But is Maddy’s loyalty enough to keep them together? Or will a force far stronger than fate alone change everything? MORE PRAISE FOR TOM WINTON'S 'BEYOND NOSTALGIA'“I have no doubt that it will be huge once it gets the attention of the right people, and be compulsory reading in schools one day. Even after she finds Dean unconscious at a botched suicide attempt-a time-faded photograph of Theresa clenched in his hands-her love never wavers. And for twenty years his wife, Maddy Frances, remains so giving (and forgiving) she deserves to be canonized a living saint. ![]() Theresa! Theresa! Theresa! She just won't go away! Despite all Dean’s hang-ups and mental baggage, he eventually does marry another woman. He’s forever haunted by treasured memories of his long-lost teenage soul-mate. As difficult and unlikely as such a climb is, there's yet another force working against Dean. ![]() ![]() BEYOND NOSTALGIABorn with blue in his collar instead of his veins, best-selling author Dean Cassidy chronicles his soul-scarring rise from New York's darkest alleys to a place high atop the literary world. ![]()
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