by
Gary Beck
For Immediate Release
A novel of Haiti. A bright, young Haitian, ardent for education, goes to college in the United States and forms the values that will help him serve his troubled country. He returns after the death of his father in the great earthquake of 2010 and commits himself to helping his suffering village. He persuades the elders to allow him, and a select few, to commit piracy on the rich, like the Somalis, to feed the village.
After adventures and success on the high seas, their growing wealth is noticed and a gang threatens the village. The government won’t help so he leads a fight for freedom and safety. In the fight the bright, brave young woman who became his wife is killed. Mourning her loss, he dedicates himself to improving the lives of his fellow villagers and the people of his poverty stricken land.
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Pirate Spring is a 332 page novel in paperback priced at $11.99 ISBN: 917450354 published by Purple Unicorn Media. For info or to request a review copy, contact: info@purpleunicornmedia.com |
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Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn’t earn a living in the theater. He has also been a tennis pro, a ditch digger and a salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction, essays snd plays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines and his traditionally published books include 43 poetry collections, 18 novels, 4 short story collections, 2 collection of essays and 8 books of plays. Gary lives in New York City.
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