ORIGINAL 2016 Striking Out SIGNED PAPERBACK
ORIGINAL 2016 Striking Out SIGNED PAPERBACK
Get an autographed paperback copy of the original 2016 print of Christopher Morlock's novel Striking Out, the first volume in The Chronicle of Calvin Connor, dedicated to you and signed in the author’s beloved red Sharpie.
This old version contains typos and a shitty typeface and is no longer in print. VERY FEW COPIES LEFT! Get one while they last!
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THE CHRONICLE STARTS IN 1987
Calvin Connor III, a fourteen-year-old Irish immigrant stuck in rural Pennsylvania, heads to summer camp with Troop 666. Calvin and his friends Sandy, Art, Ryan, and Spazz, encounter disaster and delight — and an endless line of stupid grown-ups.
CALVIN LEAVES HIS MARK, LIFE LEAVES ONE BACK.
Calvin also meets a deliciously yummy young girl who is more than his match. This is the week that changes everything in Calvin's life. The awkward boy who leaves for Connecticut is not the young man who returns home.
TROOP 666 PITCHES TENTS …
… and blows up the latrine.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING …
Unlike their wishy-washy take on Foul Territory, the U.S. Review of Books recommended Striking Out in a glowing write-up, calling it “a unique coming-of-age story” replete with “comedic roughhousing and [a] continual bag of tricks.”
Praise is heaped on the novel’s “action-packed summer camp scene” with the “thought-provoking themes” including “race and ethnicity (especially with Calvin's Irish roots), religion, [and] teen romance.”
They even hilariously claimed the book has “silver screen potential.”
Well. All that is true, of course. But the reviewer neglected comment on the boner foibles and crudeness quotient: 190 instances of fuck, 17 of pussy, 16 of cunt, 237 shits/shites … it’s a novel about fourteen-year-old boys, if you couldn’t tell!
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE:
This listing is for the original printing of the novel, the 2016 edition, which had typos and a crap-ass font and is out-of-print.
The author will sign the 6x9" trade paperback in his beloved red Sharpie to any name you designate and add a mom-joke or any inscription you desire (subject to the author’s approval). Just fill out the little form when you make the purchase. You’ll get a bookmark too. Payments accepted by PayPal or credit card.
The parcel ships free via USPS Media Mail to anywhere in the United States. Overseas shipping is possible but not free, set by the actual cost of USPS Int'l Shipping.
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Striking Out © 2016, 2024 Christopher M. Morlock. All rights reserved.
