And For the Sake of the Kids: or: God Help Us, Mr. Lancaster - Softcover

Conifer, Steven J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1463598645 ISBN 13: 9781463598648

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

Terrance Farmer is a Pittsburgh journalist dying to get an interview with Archibald Lancaster, multi-billionaire coal baron. He's also dying to get at Archie's handsome, college-aged son. When he blackmails Archie for his entire fortune, things between the three of them get tense - and Terry and Archie embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s classic GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER, AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE KIDS is loosely based on the real-life events surrounding the coal spill at the Inez, Kentucky surface mine in October 2001.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven J. Conifer is an attorney practicing in Charleston, West Virginia. A prolific writer of fiction since childhood, he has produced dozens of short stories, six novels, and hundreds of poems. He has been published in local journals, newspapers, and on the Web. A philosophy major and English minor, his literary interests include 20th-century American fiction, in particular Steinbeck, Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. His other literary heroes include Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Ken Kesey, Breece D'J Pancake, and Hunter S. Thompson. Conifer has a "deep respect for irreverence, absurdity, and satire." His other books, BREATHLESS and COME SLOWLY, EDEN, are also available via Amazon.com, both in paperback and Kindle.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1463598645
• ISBN 13: 9781463598648
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 542