The Sweep of the Second Hand
by Dean Monti
Book Description
With each passing night, Malcolm Cicchio is losing one minute of sleep. At this rate, he figures, his heart will explode in about sixteen months. But no matter how much time he has left, Malcolm has some things he'd like to get done. For example, he's got to organize a "foreign film festival"-i.e., a screening of Bergman's Wild Strawberries-at the run-down theater he manages, to impress the pretty suicide-hotline volunteer he just met. He still wants to get his wristwatch back from his ex-girlfriend Lena (does she really need it when she's about to marry a cardiologist?). And there was one other thing...oh, yeah-getting a life.
From the Inside Flap
"Dean Monti's hapless, neurotic narrator is a direct descendant of Woody Allen's nebbishes and Bruce Jay Friedman's lonely guys. Even as we laugh at his foibles, we also feel the chilly undercurrents of his distinctly modern malaise. Monti is a writer to watch." —Carol Anshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Dean Monti is the author of several plays and short stories, and has had his works staged in Chicago and Norfolk, Virginia. As a journalist for a large trade magazine, he has written many feature articles, and has read his work on WBEZ, National Public Radio in Chicago.
Keywords: The Sweep of the Second Hand, Books, Dean Monti, Motion picture theater manager, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Feath of death, Insomnia, Fiction - General, Mystery & Detective - General
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