Harvey Havel: 15 books

Religious leaders and prophets of all faiths have forever struggled with their own humanity in the context of divine circumstance. Centuries ago a long familial line of intellectual and sacred authorities of Shia Islam, the twelve Imams, endured fierce scrutiny and staggering personal sacrifice. The...

When values collide and money is thrown in the mix, anything can happen. Author Harvey Havel is back with The Thruway Killers (America Star Books), a delightfully fast-paced crime novel that also points out the absurdities of our times.Havel does not shrink away from touchy issues of race and...

From Poets to Protagonists: Fiction from the Hudson Valley Poetry Scene Featuring the Poets as Main Characters is a literary collection of short stories that depicts some of New York’s most well-known downstate poets and artists whom the author has had the privilege of reading with at many popular...

"Harvey Havel has a strength as a contemporary writer which is unique - the ability to combine a subtle minimalism with the complexity of a Jorge Luis Borges, all the while holding the attention of readers from any walk of life. His diversity range is also astounding. As a voracious reader, I am not...

“A brutally honest book about growing up with – and around – mental illness. This should be required reading for anyone who seeks to understand its impact on families.”---- Rone Shavers, Co-Editor, Paper Empire: William Gaddis and the World System“Havel rips the blinds off...

Charlie Zero has finally arrived to where he doesn’t want to be, as he begins his journey to find the woman of his dreams by starting out at dead last on society’s totem pole. He lives in a town that expects the economy to pick up from wealthy people moving in from the nearby city, but prosperity...

In Book Two of The Orphan of Mecca trilogy, Amina Mitra has no choice but to abandon her newborn child to the Great Mosque of Mecca, Islam's holiest place. The child is then taken to an orphanage by the religious police (mutawaffs) and stays there until he is of good enough age to live on his...

In this novel, DeShawn Biggs is as formidable as his name suggests. At 6-feet-5-inches and 300 pounds, DeShawn seems headed for the NFL. Indeed, a football career is regarded as an inevitability for the young man in his native Albany. While most NFL–bound seniors head off to play college ball after...

After being accused of raping the Commanders daughter, Ekaja is thrown out of the house and is forced to leave. He goes to New York where he discovers a Jewish painter who needs his help. Together, they make an important contribution to the New York artists' scene for those who have mental disabilities.

Droogan McPhee is the son of a wealthyentrepreneur who owns several liquor storesthroughout Connecticut and Massachusetts.His step-mother is roughly Droogan’s sameage. Together they plot to kill his wealthyfather for the inheritance money, untilDroogan shoots his step-mother insteadby mistake. What...

Set in the suburbs of present-day New Jersey and also New York City, Freedom of Association traces the demise of three talented poets and their determination to continue their work despite overwhelming odds. Each of their lives converge when one of the poets, a middle-aged bard of traditional verse,...

A brief synopsis of the book: "Amina prepares for college on what is expected to be an exciting first day of higher learning. When she steps onto the university campus for the first time, however, she bumps into Raja Gupta, a young, persuasive, and hot-headed university intellectual who lures her...

What makes a musician ‘gifted,’ or any artist for that matter, does not necessarily depend upon his skill and talent with his instrument. The seasoned guitarist, for example, may have mastered his instrument and moved mountains with his sound, but his artistry is not determined by talent alone....

In this novel, DeShawn Biggs is as formidable as his name suggests. At 6-feet-5-inches and 300 pounds, DeShawn seems headed for the NFL. Indeed, a football career is regarded as an inevitability for the young man in his native Albany, New York. DeShawn eventually gets his shot at the big leagues,...