In the Middle of the Journey

<p>In from the Middle-West Harold Crist Gardner known as Harry is a good and talented man who has it all in New York City. Glamorous fast-track Manhattan; financial independence; success in creative and challenging work; a beautiful funny sensuous working wife; two soon-to-be three children (in private school); a trophy apartment on Central Park West; a house in Easthampton and bright brittle witty and ambitious friends.</p><p>But Harry has come to a dark wood in himself. He loses his way. He is falling apart. In psychological panic he seeks himself in alcohol and other women lots of other women. In scenes so vivid and visceral a reader is sure to feel intoxicated too and ready to not just break but to shatter the Seventh Commandment.</p><p>In this modern day Odyssey a Dublin night in the city that never sleeps Harry struggles against his furies in a riveting sharply-funny murderous (literally) combat. His self-inflicted nearly-fatal actions endanger his now-disintegrating beautiful world. </p><p>His soul in spiritual pain weighs in the balance and it writhes to find a way home.</p><p>Pages turn swiftly the tension increases as Harry's ambivalent journey is propelled toward it's destination... - Richard Houdek Critic and Arts Editor <i>Berkshire HomeStyle Magazine</i></p>