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WILD AGAIN is a dark, suspenseful love story,
set in late 1980's Manhattan, a time when the city was a stark contrast of
rich and poor, with a proliferation of homeless people living on the streets.
In the midst of this urban chaos, Art Glenn, an ambitious jazz pianist, falls
in love with Margo Williams, an idealistic psychiatric social worker. Into
their lives comes Susan, a troubled transient obsessed with Art. Her volatile
mental state precipitates a series of events that determines the future of
all three. PRAISE
FOR WILD AGAIN "A sexy well-written intense thriller...WILD AGAIN is a story of urban and
moral decay as accurate and disturbing as Tom Wolfe's BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES. It holds you from the first page to the
last." "This is a
really good novel...engrossing, gripping and accurate to real life and
distinctly of our time. I read it quickly and enjoyed it very much." "Two jaded
Manhattanites submerged in a sexually potent, all-consuming romance find
their lives thrown into chaos when another woman's obsession traps them in a
web of passion, insanity and murder... |
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NOTE FROM KATHRIN It
was around 1987-88, NYC was inundated with homeless. I was doing a lot of
plays at Manhattan Punch Line on Theatre Row. There were a few people I
crossed paths with that all came together as composited characters in the
book. One was a piano player who pissed me off and somehow inadvertently
kick-started the story, although he bears no resemblance to the protagonist,
Art. Another was a scruffy, talented but self-destructive young actor I used
as a physical model for Art. The other was a really weird guy who got
transposed into Susan, the crazy woman. I was volunteering in a women's
homeless shelter on 42nd St, which is where that background material came from.
Margo has a little bit of me but is mainly fiction. I kept thinking about
'culpability' - when a person or character sets events in motion that spin
out of control, which is what happens in the book. The original title was
'Island of Wild Dogs,' which I like much better and will be self-explanatory
when you've read the whole thing. Dutton wanted a two word title, and they
liked 'wild' so I took the lyric from Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered,
which was in my cabaret repertoire at the time. |
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PURCHASE |
You can buy Wild
Again at
amazon Or purchase it directly from Kathrin |
