Scenario for Scorsese

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Summary: A crisis in faith leads to a greater understanding
Review: Father Michael Din's baser, human desires are growing stronger and stronger each day leading him to wonder if his choice in vocations is the correct one. Through subplot and subtext, E. M. Schorb, leads his readers down the mean streets through Father Din to find meaning in our seemingly meaningless existence. To see if there's any hope left to squeeze out of modern life to make it worthwhile for anyone. Through a contest of wills which boils over into physical conflict as well, Father Din faces evil directly in the form of a Drug Dealer named Monk who fancies his customers as his very own damned "congregation". Father Din and Monk play a haphazard chess game over several days until a climatic ending. Scenario for Scorsese is an addition to the crime fiction canon that is both realistic and encompasses the complexities of the situation as no other novel has tackled before. Well worth the read.

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Summary: NOIR THRILLER
Review: Unlike the author's award-winning mystery, PARADISE SQUARE, a great deal of what we know about SCORSESE's characters comes from what is going on inside their heads, an irresistibly authentic introduction. The environment crawls with detail, little of it pleasant, but much of it well written, sometimes even inspired. SCENARIO FOR SCORSESE is notable for considering the needs and ethics of living without the slightest philosophizing, using only the experiences of its characters to convey its viewpoint. A spectacular denouement. I anticipate that in future work Schorb will retain the human compassion and environmental richness of SCORSESE which so effectively pulled me into a story I hope never to see in reality. ~Joy Calderwood, Independent Reviews Site