The Four Jacks – Annotated, Unexpurgated, Fully Regurgitated

Imagine that a biracial millennial woman discovers a lost manuscript in her missing father’s attic.

The author is a calcified white male baby boomer with delusions of artistry.

Why should she give a damn?

Because the manuscript, the “memoir,” reveals how her parents met.

Because in all things–today’s racism, misogyny, homophobia, wing-nut evangelicalism, white male European toxicity and, yes, the truth about how one’s separated parents met–the past informs the present.

She presents the book to the reader in media res, annotated, half-corrected, not yet entirely typed up. A confessional, a confabulation, a testimonial, a comedy, a romp. A gloriously yet carefully crafted mess.

Just maybe she’ll show readers this “memoir” is original, fresh, vivid, haunting and fearless.

Find below a sample of The Four Jacks, the first 24 pages of my completed novel. If you wish to contact me about this project, please email me at richardjnovotney@gmail.com.

Thank you for your interest!