Smashwords — About Frederick Brooke, author of 'Doing Max Vinyl'

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Location: United States
Member Since: July 03, 2011

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Frederick Brooke

Biography

Born and raised outside Chicago, I was an early reader and decided to become a writer before hitting high school. An affinity for learning languages led to my spending a year in Germany during college, then a year in France a few years later, as a teaching assistant in a lycée. There followed a 20-year career in the language school business. A few years ago I started writing again and in early 2011 finished my first novel, Doing Max Vinyl. I enjoyed it so much that I quit my job at the language school in order to devote all my time to writing my second book, a sequel to Doing Max Vinyl. Nowadays you'll find me writing and revising day and night, when I'm not saying hello on Twitter. Follow me on Twitter for the latest news.

Where to find Frederick Brooke online

Website: http://www.frederickleebrooke.com
Twitter: frederickbrooke

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LinkedIn: http://ch.linkedin.com/pub/frederick-brooke/34/62b/aba

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Max-Vinyl-ebook/dp/B004YKX5YU/

Books

Doing Max Vinyl by Frederick Brooke
Price: $2.99 USD. 129130 words. Published on July 11, 2011. Fiction.

(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Max Vinyl is a recycling king in Chicago. When his environmentalist girlfriend catches him dumping old computer junk in Lake Michigan, Max gets a taste of her violent side. Even his ex-wife can't save him this time. Meanwhile two of Max Vinyl's brawny enforcers have provoked Annie Ogden, just back from four years in Iraq -- bad idea! Doing Max Vinyl - guaranteed to make you laugh till you cry.

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Smashwords book reviews by Frederick Brooke

Double-take Tales on Feb. 09, 2012
(no rating)
Three stories make up this collection, but they pack a punch. Elegantly crafted, carefully structured, they are also filled with dialogue that resonates true. Example: "Jamie, I'll follow you anywhere, you daft sod!" I finished the stories a couple days ago, and the characters are still haunting me. In the first story, Round Trip, the author introduces a half dozen fully fleshed characters in about the same number of pages -- an amazing feat. But ultimately the main character isn't even a person. The second story, Poison, is more traditional in its structure and denouement, but no less devastating. Surprises everywhere here. The third story could remind you of Dostoyevsky, depicting a descent into a special sort of madness which seems somehow totally credible. Reading stories this good, I realized I've been missing something. The short story is by definition more compressed, more distilled, and the language more powerful. I highly recommend Donna Brown's Double-take Tales.