Hi everyone. Today I am featuring a book tour around Mark Mustian's book "Boys with Wings." Check out Mark's exclusive guest post provided below and check out the books details for this historical fiction novel. Find out how to click to purchase your copy today. Happy reading everyone :).
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Johnny Cruel is born with strange appendages on his back and ends up in a freak show traveling the South in the 1930s. Is he an angel or a devil? What does it mean to be different?
I’ve listened to what were once called “books on tape” for some time. As a lawyer, my clients were scattered across the state of Florida, and so I spent a lot of time in the car by myself. I’ve found, like many others, that a good audio book will make the time and trip go much faster, and that it’s also a good opportunity to “read” books I haven’t been able to get to. A few observations:
• After considerable trial and error, I’ve found that fiction audio books hold my interest more than non-fiction. I need a story to carry me along. I once attempted to listen to the audiobook of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time while driving, and don’t recommend doing that (if you want to remain alert, and alive).
• Certain types of audiobook fiction seem to work better for me than others. If the book is very literary, where the beauty of the language is the thing (and I love these type of books), it’s hard for me to appreciate the language as much if I’m hearing it rather than reading. I tend to save those to actually read.
• A good narrator (or narrators) can make or ruin an audiobook. Some listeners have their favorite narrators that they follow from book to book. I don’t do that, but when it hits, it’s an entire added dimension. I thought, for example, that Charlie Thurston’s narration of Demon Copperhead and Rory Kinnear’s narration of Sweet Sorrow made the books almost into something else.
• A bad narration, on the other hand, can be horrendous. I’ll leave the names and books off here, but I listened to one such audiobook where the narrator attempted some kind of whimsical, effete voice that didn’t work at all. I saw later where the author was encouraging people not to listen to the audiobook.
• I have mixed views on authors narrating their own audiobooks. One of the things that amazes me about narrators is how they are able to almost seamlessly change voices and voice patterns for different characters. Most authors can’t do that, or do it well, although some can. Geraldine Brooks does a great job of it in Year of Wonders.
• It’s a close call, but I think errors are more apparent to me in audiobooks than on the page. Leaving aside the recent thriller I listened to where the word “nuclear” was mispronounced throughout, I catch some voice mismatches in almost all audiobooks. I was told early on that almost all published books have typos, so I suppose there’s that, as well.
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Boy With Wings
by: Mark Mustian
Genre: Historical Fiction, Magical Realism
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What readers are saying:
“…a magical, highly imaginative tour de force... Boldly original and unexpectedly profound…"
—Readers’ Favorite Reviews
“Mustian’s story is a study in acceptance, diversity, kindness, and the possibility of marvels in life… Vibrant with discovery, Boy With Wings is a winner.”
—Midwest Book Review
“Boy with Wings is a lyrical, mesmerizing blend of the magical—feathered wings—with social realism…”
—Historical Novel Society Reviews
“…riveting… An evocative historical novel that celebrates distinctive individuals in the Depression-era South.”
—Foreword Book Reviews
“In this imaginative novel filled with magical realism, religion and morality are turned inside out and upside down.”
—Southern Literary Review
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"Vibrant and alive, the kind of book where the blood pumps mightily." —Kristen Arnett, NYT bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things
What does it mean to be different?
When Johnny Cruel is born with strange appendages on his back in the 1930s South, the locals think he's a devil. Determined to protect him, his mother fakes his death, and they flee. Thus begins Johnny's yearslong struggle to find a place he belongs. From a turpentine camp of former slaves to a freak show run by a dwarf who calls herself Tiny Tot and on to the Florida capitol building, Johnny finds himself working alongside other outcasts, struggling to answer the question of his existence. Is he a horror, a wonder, or an angel? Should he hide himself to live his life?
Following Johnny's journey through love, betrayal, heartbreak, and several murders, Boy With Wings is a story of the sacrifices and freedom inherent in making one's own special way-and of love and the miracles that give our lives meaning.
Winner, Grand Prize for Fiction, Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Winner, da Vinci Prize for cover art
Winner, Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction from Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY)
Finalist, Hawthorne Award for Fiction
Finalist, Cross-Genre Fiction, International Book Awards
Finalist, Literary Fiction, National Indie Excellence Awards
Shortlisted, Shelley Ward for Paranormal Fiction
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Mark Mustian
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Mark Mustian is the author of the novels "The Return" and "The Gendarme," the latter a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize and shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing. It won the Florida Gold Book Award for Fiction and has been published in ten languages. The founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida, his new novel, "Boy With Wings," is the winner of the Grand Prize for Fiction from Next Generation Indie Book Awards and has received numerous other honors, including winning the Bronze Prize for Historical Fiction from Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY) and being named a finalist for the Hawthorne Award for Fiction.
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The cover is very cool.
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