American Berserk
A Cub Reporter, a Small-Town Daily, the Schizo ‘70s
by Bill Morris
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Pub Date Mar 07 2017 | Archive Date Feb 28 2017
Description
After publishing his third novel, Motor City Burning (Pegasus Books, 2014), Bill Morris turned his attention to researching, remembering and reliving some of the spectacularly lurid stories he covered in Chambersburg nearly forty years ago. These included arson, rape, murder, kidnapping, attempted suicide, the paranormal, prison breaks – all of it leavened by the more prosaic aspects of life in a picturesque small town in central Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley. He has now collected his memories – along with explorations into the slippery nature of memory – in a non-fiction book he's called American Berserk: A Cub Reporter, a Small-Town Daily, the Schizo ‘70s.
Advance Praise
Motor City Burning
“Rich and thrilling.” – Kirkus Reviews
“A crackling pace.” – The New York Times
“Outstanding.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)
All Souls’ Day
“Bill Morris is an exceptionally gifted and savvy writer. The comparison to Graham Greene is fully merited.”
– Nelson DeMille
Motor City
“A wonderful job…a comprehensive portrait of American life in the ‘50s.” – Michico Kakutani, The New York Times
“A vivid and entertaining expedition.” – Loren D. Estleman, The Washington Post
“A hipper, sharper Ragtime.” – Details
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781620068236 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
V N, Reviewer
Stories about the life of a reporter. The stories are interesting, the pictures are a very nice touch. The author holds your interest with the way he pulls you in about things he experienced and of course stories he wrote. Side note to Mr. Morris, I am sorry about Amos. Thanks to the publisher a,no Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book in return for my honest reveiw.
Dorianna G, Reviewer
From Litsy:
Bill Morris's book American Berserk is the perfect read for fans of books about journalism. There are interesting stories about Mennonites living in a soap opera, a petty criminal who keeps escaping prison turned cop killer, and a self-proclaimed psychic who helped solve a gruesome cold case. Bill Morris is at times prone to navel gazing, but his love for reporting the "Little People" and musings about memory is an excellent work of non-fiction.
P.S. The beginning of the book is when Bill Morris is at peak navel gazing, and I almost DNFed right there, not wishing to read some pseudo-spiritual piece of self-congratulation. But one you get past that rough patch, it's really good.
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