The Wasp Factory: A Novel
Registered by SqueakyChu of Rockville, Maryland USA on 3/21/2012
This book is in a Controlled Release!
2 journalers for this copy...
I selected this book from The Book Thing of Baltimore, an organization whose mission is to put unwanted books into the hands of those who want them.
Journal Entry 2 by SqueakyChu at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (4/21/2013 UTC) at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I'm releasing this book at the Kensington International Day of the Book Festival in Kensington, Maryland, USA.
This afternoon street festival celebrates the International Day of the Book with live music, author readings, open microphone, activities for children and adults, storytellers, ...and books, books, books! Local authors, book artists, publishers, booksellers, and literary groups line Howard Ave in Historic Old Town Kensington to show, sell, and discuss their works. All activities are free, rain or shine.
This afternoon street festival celebrates the International Day of the Book with live music, author readings, open microphone, activities for children and adults, storytellers, ...and books, books, books! Local authors, book artists, publishers, booksellers, and literary groups line Howard Ave in Historic Old Town Kensington to show, sell, and discuss their works. All activities are free, rain or shine.
I picked this book up at the Kensington book festival, the town where i grew up. I was curious about the book, as I had recently read that the author was terminally ill, and in fact he has since died. I was also attracted by the Scottish locale of the book. I have traveled in Scotland and have a Scottish heritage. But the book is very disturbing, not for everyone. All the main characters are mentally Unbalanced. The narrator describes several gruesome acts he has committed. All very meticulously observed.
I am releasing this book at the "Book Swap" for employees of the Food and Drug Administration in College Park, MD. With the help of my wife, who works at FDA.