Somewhere in Brooklyn

The Sovereignty Of The Individual And The Quest For True Love ... Since The Events Portrayed In This Novel Occurred During Its Author’S Journey In Order To Protect Certain Identities Names Have Been Changed Or People Are Depicted As ‘Fictitious Composite-Characters’. Though This Novel Is A Work Of Literary Fiction It Is Based Upon The Experiences Of Its Author J.K. Savoy And The People He Meets Along His Trek During The Tumultuous 1970S. Beyond Being A Celebration Of The Sovereignty Of The Individual; It Is The Story Of A Young Man’S Search For True Love!. The Book Follows The Odyssey Of Joe A Young Corporate Hack Who After A Series Of Failed Relationships Suffers A Crisis Of Conscience. During The Fallout From His Nuclear Moment He Realizes His Career Has Made Him A Tool Of Deception Verging On Criminal Behavior. After His Betrayal Of A Fellow Employee Joe No Longer Sees Himself As A Mere Hatchet Man But An Instrument Set To The Tune Of ‘By Any Means Necessary’. Learning Of The Consequences His Lies Brought Upon His Once Trusting Friend And His Family He Can No Longer Be A Weapon In The Hands Of The Worst Side Of Himself And Execute The Immoral Policies Of His Corporate Masters. During His Meltdown He Rejects His Acquired Identity And The Need For Material Gain. Joe Aspires To Be A Person Shaped By Peeling Away The Blinders Of Imposed Values Conventional Wisdom And Lies Justified By Whatever Truth They May Create. The Time Has Come To Yield To His Inner Voice And Distance Himself From The Bonds Of Corporate Slavery And The Assumed Notion That Being The Product Of One’S Own Creation Is Far Beyond Us. Drawing A Line In His Sense Of Self He Chooses To Be Known By His Middle Name Kenny. He Vows To Let The Truthfulness Of The Life Force Bring Out The Best In Him And By Doing So That Special Someone Somewhere May Come Into His Life. After Denouncing The Corruption Brought On By The Pursuit Of Possessions For Possession’S Sake Kenny Sets Off In Search Of A Life Within The Realm Of Truth. After Walking Away From His Less Than Noble Career He Is Drawn To The Streets Of Brooklyn’S Park Slope. There He Finds A Vacant Afterhours Club Which Will Become The Chrysalis For His Emergence Into A Life Free Of The Worship Of As Alan Watts Dubbed “Thinghood.” Living Within The Tiny Store’S Mystical Presence Nurtures Artistic And Poetic Qualities He Never Knew Were Within Him. Using The Derelict Club As His Canvas And Industrial Trash As His Brush Kenny Fashions A Coffee House Called September’S Child: His Memorial To Corporate Debris. Writers Musicians Artists And Street People Become Drawn To Its Enigmatic Aura. Intrigued By The Fruits Of His Awakened Creativity He Moves A Step Further In His Quest For Understanding And Considers Living Beyond The Need For Commercial Success. “Having The Resolve To Walk Away From My Endeavor Would Be The Litmus Test Of My Sovereignty.” Under His Guiding Hand September’S Child Will Either Prosper Or Fade Away. Will His Wits And An Antiquarian Blank Journal Salvaged From The Rubble Of An Afterhours Club Become His Compass And Guidebook Throughout Kenny’S Life As A Street Rogue As He’S Left With The Unforeseeable Results Of His Actions? Will His Sublime Quest For Spiritual And Intellectual Gratification Give Way To The Needs For Warmth Sustenance And Whatever Human Contact Might Have Him? Seduced By Street Life Can He Adapt To Its Challenges? Will A Noble Spiritual Journey Become Mired In Drug Dealing Or Other Forms Of Wrongdoing For Food And Favors? Can He Adjust To Life Set To The Street’S Time-Standard Of To Get Over? Does Kenny In His Quest For Absolute Truth Become True To Himself And Find True Love Along The Way? Stay Tuned! In Following Kenny’S Exploits Somewhere In Brooklyn Holds A Mirror To The Coming Of Age Of A Person A Community And A Generation.