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Capone's Chicago Paperback – April 28, 2014

by Randy McCharles (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
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Where heroes can be villains, villains can be heroes, and the rules change on every page. Life has dealt Howard Russell a bad hand. After two failed careers and one failed marriage, all Howard wants is to keep his head down and let someone else play the hero. But life isn't finished with Howard, and thrusts him into an alternate reality where the mob rules Chicago and the lines between hero and villain are blurred. Once again, Howard must attempt to play the hero. But in this story, Howard could very well be the villain. The rules have all changed and Howard must rediscover not only himself, but the very meaning of good and evil.
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    274 pages
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    April 28, 2014
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    5.51 x 0.58 x 8.5 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1492923540
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1492923541
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Randy McCharles is an award-winning author of short fiction (short stories and novellas), usually speculative in nature, and often humorous. His work has appeared from Edge Publications, Anansi Press, Reality Skimming Press, and Year's Best Fantasy (Tor).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 28, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 274 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1492923540
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492923541
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.51 x 0.58 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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Randy McCharles

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Randy McCharles (1959-) is a Canadian author of speculative and crime fiction with numerous novels, short stories and novellas published in various anthologies available from Tyche Books, Edge Press, House of Anansi, Reality Skimming Press, and Coffin Hop Press. He is the recipient of several Aurora Awards (Canada's most prestigious award for speculative fiction). In 2013 his short story Ghost-B-Gone Incorporated won the House of Anansi 7-day Ghost Story Contest.

Randy's most recent publications include the 1st 3 titles of the Peter Galloway private detective series, the 2016 Aurora Award shortlisted novel Much Ado about Macbeth from Tyche Books, and the 2017 Aurora Award shortlisted novel The Day of the Demon.

Upcoming books include additional titles in the Peter Galloway crime series and A Connecticut Gumshoe in King Arthur's Court (Tyche Books).

In addition to writing, Randy chairs the award-winning When Words Collide Festival for Readers and Writers as well as organizing various reading and craft events for writers.

Website: www.randymccharles.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/randy.mccharles

Festival: www.whenwordscollide.org

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Joshua Pantalleresco
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Engaging story
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2015
I really like the mixture of old school Chicago and Parallel Universes. McCharles manages to make a very engaging story involving the kitchen sink of parallel realities, robots and superhumans that also manages to combine the feel of prohibition era Chicago with characters like Al Capone, in a fun, pulpy way. While the cliffhanger nature of the first few "chapters" of the book took a little getting used to (he had previously published some of this book in another format), the story evolved quite nicely as you turn the pages. McCharles makes you question a bit about the nature of good and evil, and how perception isn't always reality while adding some fun twists to old tropes. I think he did my all time favorite interpretation of Dorothy Gale of Oz I've ever read.

All in all, this is a solid introduction to Randy McCharles. If you haven't read his work, you should, and this is a good starting point.
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A J Onia
5.0 out of 5 stars Good vs. evil takes on new shades of grey
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2014
This is a rollicking noir adventure. A disgraced physicist, Howard Russell, finds himself in a whacked, but entirely believable alternate reality. Good vs. evil takes on new shades of grey, or in this case, checkerboard black and white in this non-stop scream through bubble universes. Think Carl Hiaasen crashes into Isaac Asimov (or A E van Vogt--something new on every page). Easy to immerse oneself in a Chicago which could have been.
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Brent Nichols
5.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre, awesome fun
Reviewed in Canada on November 1, 2015
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This book is... gonzo, bizarre, hilarious, impossible to predict, and loads of fun. Dimensional travel. Gangsters. Robots. A psychotic Santa. Dorothy Gale doing a striptease. Read one page and you'll be hooked.
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