Thunderfoot Press author Mark Spano's new 120-page book, Midland Club, officially released just one month ago, is already receiving rave reviews from critics and readers and remains ranked at 4.3 stars out of five among Amazon Customer Reviews.
"I'm stunned and humbled by the favorable critical responses to Midland Club," Spano said recently. "What, though, is of greater consequence is that the book has struck a chord with its readers. That is surely every writer's ambition." Set in 1958 in a Midwestern town, Midland Club is a 120-page mystery novel about corruption, lies, and murder. The protagonist, Rich St. Pierre, is compelled to expose the truth about a friend's death knowing he's risking his own life in the process. The protagonist is a gay white man and a member of a highly respected family. The deceased is a gay black man. The premise intrigued two reviewers with Gaybook Reviews.com. One described the book as "a small jewel...melancholic, lyric, flawlessly smooth and realistic... an excellent piece of gay fiction of exceptional quality." The other reviewer called the book "a dark and cynical tale that reads like a film noir classic," adding: "The beauty of Midland Club is the telling of the tale, rather than the answer to the mystery...There's a bit of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil amidst the melancholy and I highly recommend this book."Videos