Saturday Night at Eddies: A Novella (Milestone Book 2)

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As with his first work, History of Violence is an autobiographical novel in which Louis experiments and does some sensational writing with point of view and narrative style. In The End of Eddy Louis tells of growing up poor and gay in rural France and eventually having to leave his birthplace for Paris in search of greater acceptance and a happier life.

Unfortunately, History of Violence focuses upon a brutal attack: Much of what Louis experiences after the attack is distressing. Foremost, the author focuses upon his reaction to events and the turmoil and consequences they have upon him. It is an experience and story no one would ever wish to have happen to them or anyone about whom they care. What makes History of Violence especially intriguing is the way the story is told.

Louis carries off the multiple perspectives flawlessly. The device of telling a tale largely thru others's recollection extends the complexity and mystery. It came out of the blue. A sudden kick to my stomach, reverberating throughout my body. The book had been on my radar for a while now, however, I did not imagine that it would trigger so many emotions or that it would leave me more bereft than ever, once I finished reading it.

Yes, it is a genre that I just got to know of once I started reading this book.

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The book is about rape and its aftermath. The pathos and the indifference in the book are startlingly dichotomous. That is another way to disassociate, by the way. Pathos because literally no one can understand or maybe no one will. The ideas in this book are many: If anything, it will make you more empathetic to people around you, if a book is capable of doing that.

What it means to be humane. Such scenes remain and almost haunt the reader. Not once did I feel that I was reading a translation. Lorin Stein has encapsulated it all brilliantly from French to English. No emotions are lost. Nothing seems out of place. Stein understands every emotion, every scar, every memory and is able to seamlessly bring us this read in a language we understand.

In fact, if anything I want you to read it. I want you to understand perspectives. Rarely has so much depth of perspective, both personal and political, been so seamlessly wrapped into such a compelling narrative. I could not put it down, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.

The author never misses an opportunity to tell his story in the least straightforward, most annoyingly "artful" manner, so most of the time you not only don't get a good story, you don't even know what you are reading, much less why you're reading it.

Small Mercies by Eddie Joyce

Tenses and point of view change rapidly for no reason. Either the author has little command of good storytelling, in setting up scenes, in building suspense, in supplying the reader with proper context with which to enter into and inhabit the protagonist's experience, or he has no interest in those things. He is killed when It, appearing as Pennywise, rips off his arm. George's death is the first in the fall of and it is what drives Bill to defeat It.

In It threatens to appear to Bill as George. However, It never does so until excluding Its appearance to Richie and Bill in Georgie's room; when it springs from the Canal in a photo wearing Georgie's face in the sewers. When Bill sees It as George, he works through his grief and overcomes Its ruse.

The sadistic, psychopathic neighborhood bully who torments the Losers and other kids ceaselessly before and throughout the summer of The novel portrays him as a hateful and violent twelve-year-old boy filled with mischief and malice. Henry's sanity slowly deteriorates throughout the summer due to the influence of It and abuse from his equally crazy and abusive father, Butch Bowers, who has taught Henry to be a racist.

Henry shares his father's intense hatred for the Hanlon family, the only black family in Derry, in addition to being a sexist, homophobic, and anti-semite. He inflicts many acts of cruelty and humiliation upon the Losers during and before the summer of '58, such as attempting to carve his name onto Ben Hanscom's stomach though he only gets as far as the first letter , ceaselessly mocking Bill Denbrough's pronounced stutter, harassing Beverly and threatening her with sexual violence, killing Mike Hanlon's dog and bathing Mike in mud to make him a "tar baby", breaking Eddie Kaspbrak's arm, pursuing Richie Tozier through town, and white-washing Stan Uris' face in snow until it bleeds.

His deteriorating sanity becomes apparent during his attacks on Eddie and Beverly: Gedreau to the ground and threatened him into going back inside the Tracker Bros. Store when the man tried to stand up for Eddie after Henry starts attacking Eddie with gravel; he kicked out an old lady's taillight when she tried to stand up for Beverly. After a violent rock fight in early July, Henry becomes increasingly sadistic until he eventually murders his father in mid-August with a switchblade provided by It, and also tries to kill the Losers.

He chases them into the town sewers with his friends Vic Criss and Belch Huggins, only to encounter It in the form of Frankenstein's monster, who decapitates Vic and mutilates Belch's face. Henry fails to kill any of the Losers and manages to escape from It. When he eventually finds his way out of the sewers, the shock of witnessing his friends being slaughtered has driven him completely insane. He is convicted of the murder of his father and is framed for most of It's murders throughout the summer. He is placed in an insane asylum and remains there until May 29, , when he escapes with It's assistance, and heads back to Derry to attempt to murder the Losers once more.

After critically wounding Mike in the town library and being injured himself in the process, Henry then goes to the hotel where most of the Losers are staying, and finds Eddie's room first, only to be killed in the confrontation with Eddie. Bill Denbrough's wife in Audra is a famous actress. She and Bill have an occasional working relationship: When Bill leaves for Derry, he strongly urges Audra to remain in England and although she agrees, she leaves the next day to follow him.

When the Losers defeat It once and for all they rescue Audra but she is catatonic. The book ends with Bill using the last of his childhood's magic to bring her out of the catatonia. Audra has a strong physical resemblance to the adult Beverly Rogan. The abusive husband of Beverly Marsh. Tom has a very predatory view of women and he thrives on the control he has over his vulnerable wife. When Beverly tries to leave for Derry, he refuses to let her and whips her with a belt a practice so common he keeps it hanging in the closet.

Tom is shocked when the normally docile Beverly fights back and almost kills him before leaving for Derry. Tom, desperate to find his wife, beats one of her friends, Kay Adams until he finds out that Beverly is in Derry. Tom goes to Derry intending to kill Beverly and possibly her "writer friend" Bill Denbrough, whom Tom correctly assumes she is sleeping with. Upon seeing It in Its true form, Tom drops dead from shock. A bully and one of Henry's sidekicks. Among Henry's gang, Vic is most likely the smartest and most intelligent member and is the only one who truly realizes Henry's insanity, and becomes increasingly reluctant to follow him.

The novel describes Vic as having good morals despite helping Henry torment the Losers, often wanting to scare or intimidate the Losers rather than actually cause physical harm. When he makes comments and jokes, he often uses heavy profanity as well as implied or explicit violence. It is also noted that he is a more than fair pitcher during the rock fight, where he causes the most damage partly and somewhat paradoxically because he did not want to be there. He also almost approaches the Losers to join them but decides against it.

By doing this, he seals his fate and joins Henry and Belch in following the Losers into the sewers, where the three encounter It in the form of Frankenstein's monster, who kills Vic by decapitating him. Later, It appears before Henry taking the form of Vic and Henry continually remembers Vic's decapitation. His corpse, along with Belch's, is later discovered by the adult Losers when they go to face It for the final time.

Another sidekick of Henry's who earned his nickname due to his ability to belch on command. He is very big for his age, being six feet tall at twelve years old. Belch is considered stupid by most people, which he makes up for in physical strength and his fierce loyalty to his friends, especially Henry. He's believed to be a professional grade baseball batter.

Belch follows Henry and Vic into the sewers to murder the Losers, only to encounter It in the form of Frankenstein's monster. Henry leaves Belch behind and It overpowers him and kills him by mutilating his face. It appears as a mutilated Belch to drive Henry to the hotel where the Losers are staying.

During this encounter, Belch shows a great deal of resentment towards Henry, which uneases him. His corpse along with Vic's is later discovered by the adult Losers when they go to face It for the final time. A psychopathic and solipsistic bully who is part of Henry's gang despite his generally low reputation, even as a bully. Patrick keeps a pencil box full of dead flies, which he kills with his ruler, and shows it to other students. He also takes small, usually injured animals and locks them in a broken refrigerator in a junkyard, and leaves them there to die.

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Along with killing animals, Patrick has also murdered his infant brother, Avery, by suffocation when he was five years old. When alone with Henry after lighting farts with him and his gang one July afternoon in , Patrick gives Henry a handjob and offers to give him oral sex, which snaps Henry out of his daze and prompts him to punch Patrick in the mouth.

Henry then reveals that he knows about Patrick's refrigerator, and threatens to tell everyone about it if Patrick tells about the handjob.

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Once Henry has left, Patrick opens the refrigerator to dispose of the animal corpses but is attacked by a swarm of flying leeches, his only fear. The swarm sucks Patrick's blood leaving large holes all over his body, which causes him to slowly lose consciousness as he is dragged away by It. When he awakens, It begins to feed on him. His death is witnessed by Beverly, and his corpse is discovered by the Losers when they go into the sewers to face It for the first time. A boy who lives in Derry. His younger brother Dorsey is killed by their abusive stepfather, Richard P. Macklin , with a Scotti recoilless hammer.

Although he did not know his stepfather killed Dorsey, Eddie suspects him. Because of Macklin's increasing abuse, Eddie spends many nights away from home, and it is on one of these that he is killed by It first taking the form of Dorsey, then the Creature from the Black Lagoon by decapitation. His disappearance galvanizes the Derry police department into investigating Dorsey's death, and his stepfather is eventually charged and convicted of murder.

Macklin kills himself many years later after seeing Eddie dead. Eddie is the only child who is actually shown getting killed by It other than George Denbrough and Patrick Hockstetter. A well-off friend of Henry's that lives on West Broadway, who thinks chasing Mike Hanlon is a game, though Henry's crazed and increasingly violent behavior such as attempting to outright kill Mike with cherry bombs and Ms begins to alienate him.

He's also the boyfriend of Marcia Fadden , an unattractive girl with heavy acne. When school goes out for the summer, Peter menacingly invites Ben Hanscom to play baseball with him and while on a date with Marcia, he insults the Losers at the movies. Like Vic Criss, he also realizes Henry's eroding sanity, albeit only after the rock fight.

He is never seen again after the rock fight. It is implied that It kills him later that summer as the Losers recall that all of Henry's friends were killed by It. A very slow, semi-retarded friend of Henry's, whose father works on the Hanlon family farm.

He joins Henry in tormenting Mike Hanlon and also helps him break Eddie's arm in the park. However, Moose is shown to be more of a minion or a follower to Henry rather than a friend and is more of a friend to Vic and Belch. It is somewhat implied that he dies in the summer of as the Losers later reminisce that all of Henry's friends are ultimately killed by It. A very slow and dumb friend of Henry's. He once pushed Richie Tozier to the ground, breaking his glasses. Aside from this instance, Gard is mentioned a few times throughout the novel, arguably making him the most minor of Henry's gang.

It is possible that he was killed by It as was mentioned by Eddie Kaspbrak that all of Henry's friends were attacked by It. Though my writing doesn't include graphic sex or violence, there's plenty of suspense to hold your interest and make you turn the page. In addition to solving a mystery in each book, I also explore the mysteries of the heart. Eddie Shoes and Chance Parker once lived together in Seattle, until a shared tragedy split them apart.

Now that Chance is living in Bellingham, Eddie has an opportunity to set things right between them, and maybe, just maybe, start over again. For media and press inquiries: Looking for a great writers conference for ? Want to learn more about the craft of writing? Join me in June in beautiful Jackson, Wyoming, for one of my favorite conferences.

I'll be teaching a Craft workshop Friday night! See More See Less. Jackson Hole Writers Conference — Writers with a passion for the word. Enter by December 16 to win books for the holidays! Just in time for the holidays! EddieShoesMystery harlequinrelease murderforchristmas www. Holiday mystery book giveaway! Three ways to enter. Introducing debut authors carolpotenzaauthor and lorettagoldberg www. Buy Book Read the Book. If you enjoy your mysteries with suspense and a touch of humor, this book is for you.

Although it is the third book in a series, it makes a fabulous stand-alone read and is a nice asset to have in your library. Chava Ester Schultz Eddie's poker playing, card counting, card shark of a mother. Chance Parker The homicide detective Eddie abandoned in Seattle, relocates to Bellingham, where his path crosses Eddie's once again. Franklin may just be the love of Eddie's life. Mystery Each novel has its own mystery, allowing for readers to start with any book in the series.

Suspense Though humorous, all the books in the series have suspense. Romance In addition to solving a mystery in each book, I also explore the mysteries of the heart. Contact The Author Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. Uncategorized 16 Dec

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