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The MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES
THE MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES
the latest novel
from prize-winning author
Richard Scarsbrook
is AVAILABLE NOW!!!!
Order your copy
at
Chapters/Indigo
or
Amazon.ca
or
walk into your local independent book store,
and ask for The Monkeyface Chronicles!
the latest novel
from prize-winning author
Richard Scarsbrook
is AVAILABLE NOW!!!!
Order your copy
at
Chapters/Indigo
or
Amazon.ca
or
walk into your local independent book store,
and ask for The Monkeyface Chronicles!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Philip Skyler learned early in his life that his face would get him into trouble and there was nothing he could do about it. Born with an extreme facial deformity, Philip became an easy target for stares, sneers, and bullying.
Though medical scientists named his condition Van der Woude syndrome, his classmates, especially the bullies, just called him "Monkeyface". The Monkeyface Chronicles is his sweet story of revenge.
Philip's aphorism-toting grandfather used to say, "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect, and Philip Skyler keeps that advice with him as he embarks on a life journey of payback that has everything to do with cause and effect. Philip's quest leads him through the most circumstances, where no one ss really who they seem to be.
While riding his father's motorcycle to Toronto to escape the dregs of hid fading, too-small hometown, Philip has a life-changing experience that transforms him into the hero he never imagined he could be.
Philip Skyler learned early in his life that his face would get him into trouble and there was nothing he could do about it. Born with an extreme facial deformity, Philip became an easy target for stares, sneers, and bullying.
Though medical scientists named his condition Van der Woude syndrome, his classmates, especially the bullies, just called him "Monkeyface". The Monkeyface Chronicles is his sweet story of revenge.
Philip's aphorism-toting grandfather used to say, "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect, and Philip Skyler keeps that advice with him as he embarks on a life journey of payback that has everything to do with cause and effect. Philip's quest leads him through the most circumstances, where no one ss really who they seem to be.
While riding his father's motorcycle to Toronto to escape the dregs of hid fading, too-small hometown, Philip has a life-changing experience that transforms him into the hero he never imagined he could be.
Reviews of The Monkeyface Chronicles
"This is a frenetic trip,
and Richard Scarsbrook packs a wallop of modern day ills and Canadiana into 300 pages.
This page turner rocks and rolls,
and if you’re interested in fundamental Christians, sex, hockey, Toronto, motorcycles,
homemade porno, small town politics, dysfunctional families, profanity, wine, and cemeteries,
then this is the book for you.
Scarsbrook is an excellent writer with great comic overtones. . .
Philip is a very likeable protagonist who sometimes appears to be the only character in the book with his feet on the ground. He is totally appealing."
Rating: Good to Excellent
- Resource Links magazine, Volume 15, Number 5
"This book is a wild ride!
It starts with a kid who is picked on at school and doesn't fight back, so I was totally on board. Then it goes careening off in several different directions.
The story is both small, in the sense of having characters that are very real,
and epic, in the scale of the story.
It reminds me of the books of Paul Quarrington and John Irving,
creating an over-the-top yet close-to-real world."
- Ann Ewan, Author of Firedrake and Brondings' Honour
"The Monkeyface Chronicles is a riveting read aimed at the YA crowd.
It's a story of adolescent revenge played out against a backdrop of the extremes of modern life. The book is a real page turner and hard to put down. . . .
If it were a TV program it would come complete with a warning about everything.
But, oddly likeable."
Four out of Five Stars ("Really Liked It")
- Anne Letain, from www.goodreads.com
"A dark story about bullying with numerous twists, that still finishes with a hopeful yet bittersweet ending. It reminds us that no matter how messed up our families may be, often, they are are our strongest and most important bonds."
Four out of Five Stars ("Really Liked It")
Rachel Siegel, from www.goodreads.com
"This is a frenetic trip,
and Richard Scarsbrook packs a wallop of modern day ills and Canadiana into 300 pages.
This page turner rocks and rolls,
and if you’re interested in fundamental Christians, sex, hockey, Toronto, motorcycles,
homemade porno, small town politics, dysfunctional families, profanity, wine, and cemeteries,
then this is the book for you.
Scarsbrook is an excellent writer with great comic overtones. . .
Philip is a very likeable protagonist who sometimes appears to be the only character in the book with his feet on the ground. He is totally appealing."
Rating: Good to Excellent
- Resource Links magazine, Volume 15, Number 5
"This book is a wild ride!
It starts with a kid who is picked on at school and doesn't fight back, so I was totally on board. Then it goes careening off in several different directions.
The story is both small, in the sense of having characters that are very real,
and epic, in the scale of the story.
It reminds me of the books of Paul Quarrington and John Irving,
creating an over-the-top yet close-to-real world."
- Ann Ewan, Author of Firedrake and Brondings' Honour
"The Monkeyface Chronicles is a riveting read aimed at the YA crowd.
It's a story of adolescent revenge played out against a backdrop of the extremes of modern life. The book is a real page turner and hard to put down. . . .
If it were a TV program it would come complete with a warning about everything.
But, oddly likeable."
Four out of Five Stars ("Really Liked It")
- Anne Letain, from www.goodreads.com
"A dark story about bullying with numerous twists, that still finishes with a hopeful yet bittersweet ending. It reminds us that no matter how messed up our families may be, often, they are are our strongest and most important bonds."
Four out of Five Stars ("Really Liked It")
Rachel Siegel, from www.goodreads.com