The Nature of My Game

By Bill Marshall
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Published: March 06, 2012
Words: 97,806 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465959928

Short description

Joseph campbell wrote: "Mythology tells us that where you stumble, there your treasure is." The Nature of My Game is about that stumble. It is a story of dark and light, depicting a psychological descent (the stumble) that precedes the ascent to psychological wholeness (the treasure). The central character is one of those rare literary characters who is both dark and light.

Extended description

The Nature of My Game follows the four central characters from their early years growing up in Jersey City, new Nersey in the 1950's, through their Vietnam experience and ultimately though their redemption of Stanley Kronicki Jr., the central character of the novel. Kronicki, whose marred soul is etched into the contours of his deformed face, enters the belly of Jonah's whale as an adult through the murder of men that physically resemble his abusive father, who awaits his lethal injection at the infamous Walls prison in Huntsville, Texas.
realizing that his friend had reached the boundary that separates the sane from the insane, Jack Drummond, puts together a salvation team of sorts, and through two years of inner work at a cabin in the Jersey woods, Stanley Kronicki comes to an understanding of the urge that sent him into the night to destroy the image of his father. He is made into a new image, one so different from the one that began the process, that psychologically he is no lo.. (Read more) The Nature of My Game follows the four central characters from their early years growing up in Jersey City, new Nersey in the 1950's, through their Vietnam experience and ultimately though their redemption of Stanley Kronicki Jr., the central character of the novel. Kronicki, whose marred soul is etched into the contours of his deformed face, enters the belly of Jonah's whale as an adult through the murder of men that physically resemble his abusive father, who awaits his lethal injection at the infamous Walls prison in Huntsville, Texas.
realizing that his friend had reached the boundary that separates the sane from the insane, Jack Drummond, puts together a salvation team of sorts, and through two years of inner work at a cabin in the Jersey woods, Stanley Kronicki comes to an understanding of the urge that sent him into the night to destroy the image of his father. He is made into a new image, one so different from the one that began the process, that psychologically he is no longer the man that killed drug dealer Johnny Wiseman. Kronicki’s trial takes on the proportions of the Scopes Monkey Trial, as a new idea is introduced into the law. Is it possible to pour new wine into a used wine flask? The question is asked; who do we hold responsible for a murder when the murderer is no longer psychologically the same person? these and other questions pertaining to the ultimate nature of man are confronted throughout the story, as it winds its way around the world and through the Boomer Generation.
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Tags

murder, mystery, action, law, trial, redemption, psychological, war, vietnam, death penalty, death row, execution, philosophical, boomers

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