Follow on Google News News By Tag Industry News News By Location Country(s) Industry News
Follow on Google News | Humorist Osgood Phyrr goes to the Electric ChairHumorist and raconteur Osgood Phyrr, convicted last year of murdering his wife and dancing with a stuffed alligator, will be electrocuted in New York at 12:00am April 15th, 1929.
By: Richard Cassone Phyrr wrote his memoir while incarcerated on death row at The Tombs. Notoriously dry, author Cassone has added punch and taken a refreshingly humorous look at the death penalty. Adding quips and anecdotes from Phyrr's early life as a homesteader and noir-like details from the murder itself, Cassone has breathed new life into an infamous (and spurious) period in American penal history. The book can be purchased through publisher Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/ Reviewer copies can be obtained for free by contacting the author directly. Cast as part-memoir, part thriller, "Osgood Phyrr and The Electric Chair Time Machine" tells the story of how when a young girl's dismembered remains are found near the new railroad tracks through town, an unusual community of frontiersmen begin a witchhunt...and find their devil and murderer in a small boy, Osgood Phyrr. Forty years later, Osgood, now a successful writer and contemporary of Dorthy Parker's round-table, discovers a terrible secret in his subconscious, and a power that will lead him to finally solve the half-century old mystery of the young girl's murder. # # # About Smashwords Founded in 2008, Smashwords operates the world’s leading ebook publishing and distribution platform serving authors, publishers, readers and retailers. Smashwords makes it free and easy for the world’s authors and publishers to instantly publish and distribute their books as multi-format ebooks. Privately held Smashwords is based in Los Gatos, California, and can be reached on the web at http://www.smashwords.com/ About Richard Cassone Richard Cassone is the writer of the film Say I Love You, But Whisper. He lives in a small cottage near the beach, and is pestered by a squirrel named Spaggio while he writes. He currently works for the largest magazine publisher in the US, helping coordinate their move into tablet editions. Contact: Richard Cassone Email: LastName FirstInitial @ theaccuser.com End
Account Email Address Account Phone Number Disclaimer Report Abuse
|
|