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About the Book

Exiled to the city's tough North Side, disgraced St. Louis Police Lieutenant Carlo Gabriel wants nothing more than to return to the headquarters hierarchy. To get his wish, all he has to do is track down the missing husband of the mayor's press secretary. Instead he unearths a morass of corruption, educational malpractice, and greed that threatens to consign thousands of at-risk youths to the mean streets of America's erstwhile murder capital. Worse, it's the kind of information that could get a cop killed. Fighting for his life and his honor, Gabriel ultimately must make a choice that could affect not only his own future, but also that of the city and its top leaders.

About the Author :
Former journalist Rick Skwiot is the author of three previous novels--the Hemingway First Novel Award winner Death in Mexico, the Willa Cather Fiction Prize finalist Sleeping With Pancho Villa, and Key West Story--as well as two memoirs: the critically-acclaimed Christmas at Long Lake: A Childhood Memory and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Memoir of a Sensual Quest for Spiritual Healing. He also works as a feature writer, book doctor and editor. From St. Louis, he currently resides in Key West. rickskwiot.com

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"Fail is a riveting spellbinding tale with intricate characters that are depicted through carefully crafted imagery of iconic St. Louis landmarks bolstered by lucid vernacular accuracy reflecting the rich cultural diversity of the city." --John Baugh, author of Beyond Ebonics: Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice and former director African and African American Studies, Washington University in St. Louis "Art imitates life in this prescient novel. Both crime fiction and a clarion call to rescue America's underserved schools, Fail is also proof positive that the Ferguson, Missouri, uprising was inevitable." --Terry Baker Mulligan, author of Afterlife in Harlem "Chicago has Scott Turow, Boston Dennis Lehane, LA James Elroy. Finally St. Louis has its laureate of fiction, Rick Skwiot. His new novel, FAIL, is a sheer success. Skwiot hits for the fences and stylishly touches all the bases -- money, municipal politics, police corruption, infidelity, suicide, homicide, all rendered in crackling prose." --Michael Mewshaw, author of Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal "Not all the snow that blankets St. Louis city in Fail can begin to whitewash its political corruption and educational malpractice, but through all the darkness hope for change emerges. A cynical detective ventures far outside his comfort zone, risking everything to keep an idealistic teacher alive long enough to expose ugly truths. A microcosm for what ails society, Fail is an intelligent read that refuses to pass the buck, earning a classy A." --Scott L. Miller, author of Counterfeit and Interrogation "Rick Skwiot proves himself a master weaver who deftly knits the threads of this suspense tale into a compelling--and surprising--conclusion. In short, FAIL succeeds, and does so with compassion." --Michael A. Kahn, award-winning author of Face Value and The Flinch Factor "Skwiot's finest. Set on the mean streets and back alleys of St. Louis, FAIL is a big, two-hearted yarn of political corruption and moral decay. The unforgettable police detective Carlo Gabriel, who handles the investigation, must first grapple with his own transgressions before he can unravel the wooly skein of betrayal and depravity surrounding him. A tale that could well have been ripped from the front page of any city in the country." --John Leslie, author of Border Crossing "St. Louis noir...The slick prose readily entertains ... Well-executed." --Kirkus Reviews "The rapid pace, seamless unfolding and well-crafted plot of this mystery... [are] balanced with the incisive depiction of two contrasting main characters--a crusading English teacher and [a] worldly-wise, battered cop. This tale is a trenchant reminder that the urban cocktail of poverty in the face of wealth, St. Louis's famous segregated sprawl...and corruption in high places nationwide, is an explosive mix." --Peter H. Green, author of Crimes of Design "The twisting plot and fascinating characters will keep readers turning the pages, but the underlying problem exposed by this vital novel is dead serious. In snappy, vivid, hard-boiled language, Skwiot lays bare the root cause of most of our societal woes: our failed education system. It is no mere coincidence the story takes place in St. Louis, the heartland city that has come to represent our greater national tragedy. Fail is a wake-up call." --Kelly Daniels, author of Cloudbreak, California


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780985808686
  • Publisher: Blank Slate Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Blank Slate Press
  • Height: 190 mm
  • No of Pages: 262
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 120 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0985808683
  • Publisher Date: 27 Oct 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 313 gr


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