Project Suicide has been out a month and is doing well. If any of you haven’t had a chance to read it, you can download or get a print copy at www.projectsuicidenovel.com. If you do read it, please review on Amazon.

On another topic, I’m a big fan of Gregory Peck, and of course, To Kill a Mockingbird. Peck gave a brilliant, Oscar-winning performance. But I actually enjoyed the Atticus Finch character more in the novel. To me, the book Atticus was more human, less the saintly figure painted by the movie.

One thing that always bothered me about both novel and movie was “Why did Tom lose his case?” The underlying answer is racism, which is the point of both book and movie. But didn’t Atticus know he was up against that? And faced with that knowledge, did he choose the best defense strategy?

Early in my fiction-writing career, I addressed this issue in a short piece that is a little bit essay, a whole lot short story. If you send me an email (johnb@thrillerjohnb.net) I’ll be happy to send you a copy..

Stay tuned!

John Bukowski

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