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    Prism: A Memoir as Fiction
    Prism: A Memoir as Fiction
    Prism: A Memoir as Fiction
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    Prism: A Memoir as Fiction

    By George C. Chesbro

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    The author of the Mongo Mysteries reveals the interior life of a troubled writer in this deeply personal autobiographical novel.
     
    At the age of fifty-eight, author Garth Fugue is adrift. For the last forty years he has poured his soul into twenty-three novels and countless short stories, all filled with murder and mayhem. By delving into the troubled minds of his characters, he has kept his own demons at bay.
     
    Now, Garth is at a crossroads. Despite his floundering literary career, he is attempting to write his magnum opus while simultaneously teaching at a children’s psychiatric hospital. As he decides what to write about, Garth must ultimately wrestle with his own beliefs about humanity, morality, and the meaning of it all.
     
    In this insightful novel, George C. Chesbro exposes a fictional writer’s tortured mind and, in doing so, divulges the struggles of the real, complicated man best known for penning quirky mysteries and pulpy thrillers. It is an intimate invitation not to be missed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMysteriousPress.com Open Road
    Release dateNov 14, 2017
    ISBN9781504048408
    Prism: A Memoir as Fiction
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    George C. Chesbro

    George C. Chesbro (1940–2008) was the author of twenty-eight books, including the renowned Mongo Mysteries, starring private eye Dr. Robert Frederickson, aka Mongo the Magnificent. He also wrote the Chant Mysteries and the Veil Kendry series, both featuring characters from the Mongo universe, as well as a few standalone novels.

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