Feola's Cross

Feola’S Cross Sways With The Pendulum Of The Public’S Interest From Escapism To The Fascination Of Life’S Cold Realities. This Family’S Story Screams Realism.Joey Feola Has Only Horror From Perverse Personal Violation After His Commitment To Woodhaven Asylum. He Has No Inkling That He Will Be Murdered By A Sadistic Orderly Willard Earle For A Carton Of Cigarettes. But The Carton Of Cigarettes Will Not Be The Only Thing Stolen – The Orderly Accidently Discovers A Solid Gold Cross Inset With A Precious Ruby. It Is The Feola Cross Bequeathed To Joey’S Grandmother Josephine Before Her Prearranged Marriage In America. Ten Years Earlier In His Grandmother’S Darkened Kitchen Eleven-Year-Old Nick Feola Witnessed The Passing Of The Cross To His Older Brother Joey And The Passing Of Something Darker; The Family Gene For Schizophrenia.At Twenty-One Nicky Is Drafted. He Survives Boot Camp Only To Be Sent To The Gruesome Bush Of Vietnam. It Is In This Dark Arena Vengeance Rears Its Diabolical Head Beckoning Nick’S Decision Of Retribution For His Brother’S Murder.