Beat Corrida: 5 books

Paris at the turn of the 21st century.  A New York City writer follows in the footsteps of his literary heroes only to discover the reality is far from the fantasy he pursues.  Falling in with a group of expatriate American artists, he soon discovers that things aren’t really much different ...

September 1982.  In a working class neighborhood in Queens, New York, sixteen year old Nico Razza is a perpetual outcast, often victim to the taunts of his classmates, peers and neighborhood bullies.  Steeped in Punk Rock culture, he is not only rebelling against society, authority and his peers,...

What happens when an American poet, a Uruguayan painter, a Peruvian chef,  a Syrian belly dancer, an Algerian musician and an Italian religious fundamentalist are all searching for meaning and their lives intersect on the streets of Paris?  “Nadería” is a story about failed hopes, unrealized...

Former playwright and current high school drama teacher Dante Russo gets word that his friend and mentor is on his deathbed. Jacques Martre had always been an inspiration to him and over the years they had established a very strong friendship. Knowing that he doesn’t have much time, he travels to...

It is the twilight of a continent. After centuries of exploration, innovation, invention and colonial conquests it now faces bank failures, high unemployment and economic collapse. In a cold, blustery corner of Europe - the city of Budapest - a group of misfits are trying to navigate through the changing...