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“Free
Range Institution”
Imagine . . . cocaine cowboys, side street shootouts, big city
crimes in small town surroundings, fallen angels, a
chain-smoking priest . . . corruption . . . greed . . . murder .
. . covert operations . . . with journalist Mad Mick Murphy
reporting.
Michael Haskins’ narrative makes us comfortable in Key West . .
. before he roars through the island like a Tropical Hurricane.
It’s a perfect storm.
... Steven M. Forman, author of
“Boca Knights” and
“Boca Mournings” |
I'm hooked!
Mad Mick Murphy is a quixotic character in an exotic setting.
Key West offers him crimes to solve, eccentric people to
confound his journalistic ambitions, and life-threatening
adventures to entertain readers.
...
Shirrel Rhoades
Editorial Director
The Saturday Evening Post |
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Free Range Institution, the sequel to Chasin'
the Wind, has a publication date of February 2011. Read a
few chapters.
Let me know what you think.
Chapter 1 :
Chapter 2
:
Chapter 3
Check
back with us for updates on this book!
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 I'd
like to thank and acknowledge local singer-songwriter
Scott
Kirby for writing the song, Free Range Institution, that
gave me the idea for the title.
A fingerstyle guitarist and
singer/songwriter, Kirby's musical style weaves from pop, to
acoustic rock, to what he refers to as "beach folk." His
lyrics are often storytelling in nature, much in the vein of
Steve Goodman or Jerry Jeff Walker, and reflect the humor of
someone who fled traditional New England for the laid back and
zany lifestyle of America's southernmost island town. A
reviewer from The Musician's Trade Journal writes, "Kirby's a
storyteller. Sometimes sentimental, sometimes hilarious, but
all with insight, depth and wisdom … you can't help but like
this guy's music." Frank Quatrone, of Ticket Magazine, writes,
"His writing can be engagingly literate to elegantly simple …
the whole place was laughing and singing along to his
sometimes outrageous lyrics." |
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