The Bookie is a raw, enlightening coming of age story that follows Connor Kelly on a wild ride from the innocence of the 50s’ Bronx Streets, to the decadence of Bangkok, Belgium and the brothels of South America.

Kelly staggers through the 60’s and ‘70s, stumbles into a downward spiral of drugs, gambling and mania until a series of spiritual and empirical interventions careen him back to sobriety. By the book’s conclusion, readers learn that alcohol kills even as it enlivens. You can never beat the house, and sometimes good guys still win.

Each of the 40 self-contained chapters connects to form an inspirational paradigm for anyone who has ever bent a knee, lifted a glass or just simply lost their way.

Well, I keep telling myself not to bother people, but another huge thing has happened...

I just finished up an interview with Alicia Smoke at Examiner.com! I’m going to be featured in an article on the website! As soon as I have the link I will let you know, so be on the look out for that. 

Right now we are 6 days ahead of the projection at 84 orders! That means in 8 days I’ve had 84 orders, and I’m like: So many people have ordered more than one copy, Billy, Jason, Johnathan, Joseph, Joseph again, and Leah! In the guest blog post http://apotheosisstudios.com/blog/2016/5/23/the-sleeping-man-guest-post-by-stephen-carigan I’ve used some of your names in supplemental history of the world. 

Thank you in advance and let’s keep this up! Keep sharing, keep recommending, and keep cornering people in the street and several implying something bad will happen to people if they don’t order, you know, the legally gray area! Just kidding, mostly.

Sweet dreams,

Stephen Carignan