Bosworth Books

This book clearly demonstrates that Christ not only provided for salvation but also for healing through His completed work while here on earth. It shows that healing and salvation are closely linked together in many ways, though often we seperate the two in modern thinking.

A great book to pass on to others. Every library should have it. Mandatory reading for everyone who calls himself a "believer".

Like so many others here, I find this an essential book for Christians. I've given it to friends for years, and many of us have received healings more than once, relying on the book for encouragement. This black-covered edition is the one I like best, as others have said. It is Bro. Bosworth's own writing, or not so edited as some other editions, and the addition by his son of details of Bosworth's death is very inspiring. Bro. Bosworth, apparently, learned from the Lord that his time on earth was over, went home and had family and friends meet with him, and 2-3 weeks later he died, not having become sick. I love knowing that he lived and died by what he preached to others and it worked well for him.

This book has awesome revelations about healing. We bought a number of them so we can share them with people who are seeking truth about healing from the Lord. I'd recommend this highly!!

Healing is still happening today. This book will explain what Jesus meant for us to have in our health.

Excellent book. Have read two other sales books and this is my favorite. Gives information beyond the basics and doesnt rely on just saying motivational statments, gives real world advice. If you read and implement the ideas you are guarenteed to be more productive. 1st choice.

This is one of the best Sales books I have read! Simply outstanding - the go-to guide for complex sales. We use it routinely at our company to close business.

Solution Selling is the first book that exposed me to the world of complex, intangible and solution (vs. product) selling.

I had wanted to title this review as "The Idiot's Guide to Selling Solutions" BUT found that even though the instructions in the book literally takes a novice in sales through the process of selling complex solutions in a very straightforward manner, there STILL needs to be some thinking required by the sales person to profit from the knowledge within.

Solution Selling is the comprehensive guide for novice to learn the ropes, and a good reference book for seasoned sales pros as well. It is also a useful tool for sales managers to manage the pipelines of their teams too!

Great approach to selling, but must focuses on long sale cycle and does not pertain to all selling

Over the decades I've had the chance to work with the author at an early high tech company where he led the internal sales training classes. Later he become a consultant training some of today's largest high tech sales organizations in the world. Mike's always had tough, high standards. His ability to create a repeatable process to selling intangible products to complex organizations has led many of his pupils to excel. Many of them are now SVPs of Sales or CEOs and would be names you recognize.

But, as another reviewer says, you have to use the methodology. Reading the book is just the start.

Anyone who is facing the prospect of making decisions for a family member who is ill or frail should read this book. Some of the information shared is vital - not only on an emotional level, but a financial one as well. Many people make mistakes when choosing nursing home care. Bosworth shares things that readers can use to assist them in finding the best care available for their loved one. She also stresses the importance of making your personal wishes known to your family before they are thrown into a whirlwind of confusion should you suffer an unexpected medical emergency.

Bosworth never succumbs to self-pity, yet she shares her heart and her pain in a way that makes the reader part of the journey. I was struck with her compassion and her honesty. After reading YOUR MOTHER HAS SUFFERED A SLIGHT STROKE, you will feel as if you have gained more than the sharing of a painful experience - you will feel as if you've made a new friend. This book is a treasure.

Highly recommended.

The person who wrote this book is not a writer. It's not beautifully done and has some typos, but it's very informative about what can happen when a close family member has a massive stroke. Her skill is honesty, and the story itself is fascinating. She touches upon many important issues such as physical therapy, nursing homes, money issues, dementia, quality of care, feelings, and the strained relationships between doctors and the family of the patient. I read the entire thing the same day I picked it up from the library: recommended.

Talented author, Kathy Bosworth, has written a timely and informative book for all who have aging parents or know of other with aging family members or friends. In a step by step discussion of the effects of a stroke on the loved one and on others who are "standing by," we are taken along on a daily, weekly, and monthly review of a family's coping and a "first-hand" account as understanding and adjustment becomes a primary focus in caring for the individual, in this case, Kathy's mother.
It is a sensitive, touching, and informative account that can serve as a guide-book for many of us who do not understand the full impact of a stroke and its implications.
It is written in a language we can all understand and the reader is drawn into the daily experiences until the conclusion of the book. I recommend this book for every home library as a source of referral and information. Your Mother has Suffered a Slight Stroke is a necessary and helpful read for everyone and the reader is sure to relate to Kathy and her family and their touching and poignant, true-life experiences.
Evelyn Horan - Author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Books One-Four

A friend gave me this book when my mother suffered a stroke. This book helped me understand and know what to ask, when to ask and how to ask questions. I have read several books recently and this one outlined more about what I needed to know. I would recommend it highly. It certainly helped me.

I'm a bereavement counselor and I coucil with people who are experiencing many different types of losses. A mentor of mine told me about this book months ago. She called me the other day to ask if I had put this book to work by using the information in it to help others. It reminded me of all the great information and love in this well written book about getting a family through medical trauma. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is struggling with any kind of a disease. A stroke can come into any of our lives any minute on any given day. This book is about so much more than strokes.

Many of those men and women who are gifted comedians--I mean the really good ones--have ironically led lives filled with hardships and tragedies; personal histories so dark and bleak we have to wonder how they ever managed to transcend them, much less find anything to laugh about. It makes me wonder if perhaps their gift of wit was actually a direct result of the pain they must have felt--a way to remove themselves from it. Or better yet, a way to reshape, under the guise of hilarity, the absurdity and unreasonableness of their world. Gaining a kind of control. Making it bearable.

That having been said, I feel as though I, in reading F.W. Bosworth's "Never Play Leapfrog With a Unicorn!" became a front row spectator of just that--the difficult life of a little boy surrounded by his dysfunctional family, the bleakness of his plight, and his own sometimes skewed but always honest insights into the human psyche with which he pulled himself up and rode his tidal wave of despair, somehow finding a way to survive it all.

Don't get me wrong. It was funny. From the first few pages, Bosworth pulled me into his plight, showed me around, and God help me, I laughed, and laughed hard. And at the same time I felt for the little boy who was just trying to find his place among all the craziness. I felt badly for him, but--then he made me laugh again. Which should now explain my guilty little stab at amateur psychology.

Through it all, I loved F.W. Bosworth's charming and multi-faceted humor, his strangely-timed bouts of sensitivity, his appreciation for and his obvious love for his "'Lil Black Dad."
I'm glad this gifted comedian transcended.

Lovingly included in a personal collection of my favorite good reading, "Never Play Leapfrog With a Unicorn!" is a keeper, for sure.

Frank Bosworth's "Unicorn" is a one-of-a-kind, self-portrait of a child's coming grimly of age. Herein we encounter a comical parade of too many dysfunctional lives etched upon an appropriate canvas of weeping willow.

Sad, unrelentingly cruel, often artificially poignant, and carefully laced with an occasional heartfelt guffaw, "Unicorn" is not funny. There is nothing funny here. Rather, we are left with the poor visual of a small boy in an even smaller dinghy on a lonely beach with the sound of a single oar . . . rowing.

Happily, Bosworth survives all never whining with a loving twinkle in his one good eye. A worthy read, from the pen of a gifted writer. *****__J. M. Humperjohn

Awhile in the coming, but at long last, an appropriate (albeit 'quirky') cover for a funny, touching (albeit 'quirky') book.

Before going the POD route, when the individual chapters were first being posted on Net sites, I got caught up in the moment. Moment? Actually, a year of 10,000+++ warm, encouraging reviews/comments & Author/Title of the Year from FanStory.com.

So eager to get the book 'out there', I convinced myself the original 'blah' grey cover would be okay. 'You can't tell a book by its cover, the public will embrace the content,' I thought. Well, I was not entirely wrong, but in truth, I was far from right. Kudos to winning illustrator Kacey Rayder, for capturing the (quirky) cover I could only imagine.

I am having a fit of a time finding proper shelf placement at Indie bookstores. When asked what read(s) '..Unicorn' most compares to, my response, "It fills the gap between 'A Child Called It' & 'Confederacy of Dunces'," is usually followed by a pause & long sigh. To further frustrate the Indie owner, his simple question, "Book's genre?" is met w/the answer, "Creative non-fiction." As if shelf space isn't scarce enough, I have to write in a totally new listed genre!

Though the road to getting ready for market has not been entirely smooth & far from quick, I have to tell myself, '...unlike perishables, '..Unicorn' will not spoil w/age.' Then, in memory of my li'l black dad, I grin...then smile, huck a louie, fart & walk away.

Best of reading,
Frank W. Bosworth

Never Play Leapfrog with a Unicorn is a heart wrenching glimpse into a young boy's life growing up in an abusive and dysfunctional family in the 50's and 60's. An incredible humor and resilience carried this author through the turmoil he was forced to endure. Although I felt a tremendous sadness for him and his plight I laughed out loud many times. I read this book in one sitting, could not and would not put it down, and look forward to a sequel. This author is smart, witty and has a real gift to tell a story. I was captured from the start. Read this book and give it to a friend.

Book Review - Never Play Leapfrog With A Unicorn

© - 5-09-08 - Tom Hyland


The author of this terrific little book is Frank W. Bosworth. He originally commented on something I wrote. To reciprocate, I visited his site at Authors Den, and scanned through his list of Titles. One excerpt caught my eye - "My Lil Black Dad." This was hilarious, and I was nibbling the hook. Then, out of curiosity, I clicked on the book, to read more detail. When I saw the creative sub-title - which combines the words, Drama and Comedy into DRAMEDY - the hook was set!

While this book is well worth the small cost, I was CHEAP, and ordered a used book from Amazon, at about half price. When the book arrived, about a week later, I immediately read just the first chapter, then put it aside. Was just a busy time for me, when I returned to it, a week later, I could not put it down! Thus finishing it in about 7-8 hours!

From cover to cover LEAPFROG is cram-packed with the trials and tribulations of a young, poor lad, told in the person of a naïve youth - with both grammar and spelling presented in the vernacular! One of my all-time favorite authors is Samuel Clemens - Mark Twain, who practically established this technique of writing - the way local people spoke the language.

The characters - Father, Mother, Family members, Friends, Neighbors - are ALL down-to-earth and bigger-than-life! The tongue-in-cheek Humor, Wit, and Satire creates out-loud BELLY LAUGHS! The day-to-day shenanigans, misnomers, and dismal local intrigues are HEART-FELT! This lil book of about 200 pages is an absolute GEM!

Compassion, growth and education of a young man/boy, as he tries to unravel the confusions of life, are all presented herein. And the final Beauty of this novel is that he survives victorious, perhaps a tad scathed, but NOT BITTER!

On a scale of 1 to 10 - it is an ELEVEN! Treat yourself, employ all the senses of: Empathy, Sympathy, and even Apathy (WOW - Glad it was Not ME!).

CONGRATULATIONS! FRANK - This is a WINNER! Tom Hyland. AD Author.

What a book! This is a great story. If you have a kid in Little League and you don't know what to say to them when they are just starting out, or when they lose a game, or any of the other stuff that goes with being a kid in sports, this book is for you.

i purchased this book for my 9 year old fanatic baseball fan of a son last Christmas. It was then, and remains still, his favorite book ever. I truly hope that Mr. Bosworth has more books just like it.

Great book not only about baseball, but also about working hard and doing the right thing. It's easy to read and once you pick it up, it's hard to put down. I recommend it to all parents and kids involved in sports. The book's price makes it affordable to everyone.

I am a college student, with an undying love for baseball. An old coach recommended it and i could not put it down. It's easy enough for any child to read, and entertaining enough for any baseball lover-no matter what age! It touches on all of the real issues of a little leaguer and how they feel. I felt like i was being transported back into my little league dugout. Then the magic of the story is an added bonus. This book is a "must read," and will be finding itself a home on every sports lovers bookshelf in the very near future. Wow what a book! Great Job Mr. Bosworth! You are a great author and a true baseball story hero!!!

Finally a sports fiction for both children and adults. The Box Seat Dream touches the heart and soul of anyone who has ever played baseball or any sport for that matter. My son is not an avid reader but loves to play ball. He couldn't put this book down. He even brought it to the dinner table. I loved it as well. Exciting baseball games, realistic life obstacles, skills learning and fantasy all wrapped up in one book. Mark my words, this story will one day become a movie. If books were honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame, The Box Seat Dream would be inducted. It is that good!

This book received excellent reviews from the New York Times and other leading book reviewers because of its moving story. This is an intense little book, very easily read in an evening, about a year in the life of one of the last Eskimo Curlews in existence.

This book takes you on the migration journey of the Curlew and vividly illustrates its struggle for survival. It also showcases historical notes about the slaughter of the curlews in the late 1800's and the notes of alarm raised by scientists that unfortunately did not initiate conservation measures to help this species.

I had read one other book like this about the Passenger Pigeon, that told the story of a species and its struggle to avoid the slaughter of the market hunters of the 1800's. This book though is the best of the type as
Bodsworth is a skilled writer and is able to show the life of the Eskimo Curlew in heart-wrenching detail without anthropomorophism.

I would encourage everyone to read this and pass it around for others to read as it is quickly read but has powerful impact. To have some emotional concern or motivation to help protect threatened species of life on this earth you need empathy and this book is a masterpiece at producing that empathy.

A sad story of human greed and destruction, but one we all should read and learn from.

This is a wonderful, heart-wrenching short book, a fictionalization of the migration of a lone Eskimo Curlew from the arctic to South America and back.

The Eskimo Curlew was once a plentiful shorebird that was highly sought after by hunters because of the succulence of its flesh and the ease with which it could be taken. Usually flying in dense swarms, a score or more birds could be brought down by a single shotgun blast. In some cases so many were killed, that the hunters left those that could not be transported to market in massive piles. And so it came to pass that by the late 19th-century, the Eskimo Curlew population declined rapidly, to the point where it was virtually extinct at the time Bodsworth wrote the book.

Although a work of fiction, this is a book that should be read by everyone who has an interest in Nature and the environment.

This is a Classic and recognized as one of the finest Natural History books in North America as well as abroad.First published in 1955 it has been re-issued ,probably as many as 20 times over the years. Suffice it to say ,anyone with any interest in nature,birds, extinct species,conservation,preservation of species,would find this an excellent read.As a matter of fact,I would go so far as to suggest that after reading this book,one would probably agree it is the best natural history book they have ever read.Just look at the other reviews.
The main reason for my writing this review is to tell you that after reading 'The Last of the Curlews'you might want to read some of Bodsworth's other lesser known but also excellent works.
"The Strange One"
"The Sparrows Fall"
"The Atonement of Ashley Morden"
and,
"The Pacific Coast"

Another excellent thing about 'The Last of the Curlews' are the superb scratch board illustrations by T M Shortt,one of Canada's finest artists;so make sure they are in the edition you get.
With regards to my title...for several decades the search has continued without success.There have been a few reports of sightings,but none confirmed.There is a lot of territory in it's range,between the tip of South America and the Arctic Circle where there may be survivors...there's always hope.

I still see Fred on occasion;so let's hope we see another book from him soon.

Bodsworth is brilliant in his capacity to provide the reader with an emotionally arrousing text, supported by fascinating technical details of bird migration. I cannot imagine that anyone having even a remote interest in birds, nature or life, would not be moved by this great piece.

I just loved reading this book. I loaned out my original copy, the person to whom I loaned it to moved away, so of course I bought another. It is one of my favorite books, made me wished I lived in New Orleans. Loved the descriptions of the place and although I am a little younger than the author, can relate to pre-Vatican II memories.

Almost Innocent is a rare find. I read this book several times and found something different to love every time. The second novel, Slow Poison is also another classic. Sheila Bosworth is an incredible storyteller. Her characters leap off the pages and become a part of your existance. Her writing flows as smoothly and certainly as a river. This would make a wonderful movie. Please Ms. Bosworth, more!

Sheila Bosworth has written a novel that is deserving of all the praise it has gotten from the other reviewers on this site. The characters are unforgettable and the story unfolds at such a perfect pace. We are introduced and then guided through this intimate family history by Clay-Lee the daughter who shares with the reader the perspective of a child as she describe events and people that are encountered by her parents and their immediate circle. The childhood recollections are structured in such a clever way that the reader anticipates and percieves motivations that are not clearly evident to the young Clay-Lee as narrator. Her "innocence" doesn't prevent us from seeing something more sinsister implicit in the scenes she witnesses.

In addition to the wonderful characters and plot the novel has the added quality of just dripping with New Orleans flavor. If you love the city and are familiar with the settings described the novel provides that added dimension of placing you right there.

After finishing this I immediately ordered Bosworth's other novel Slow Poison. She is a fabulous writer.

Almost Innocent is a rare find. I read this book several times and found something different to love every time. The second novel, Slow Poison is also another classic. Sheila Bosworth is an incredible storyteller. Her characters leap off the pages and become a part of your existance. Her writing flows as smoothly and certainly as a river. This would make a wonderful movie. Please Ms. Bosworth, more!

With this quote from Seneca, author Sheila Bosworth capsulizes the theme of innocence lost and nearly restored in "Almost Innocent," her first novel. Set in New Orleans and evocative of the sights and sounds that any native will recognize, Bosworth's novel traces the process by which the main character, Clay-Lee, attempts to reconstruct her mother's life through stories and memory. In the process of facing herself through her mother's life, Clay-Lee finds redemption for her perceived guilt in her mother's death. Her penitence restores her innocence and allows her to shape her own life and move on. This novel was both entertaining and thought-provoking. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone who has ever borne the guilt of a burdensome secret--or who simply wants a taste of New Orleans.

Greatly enjoyed this mult-layered, richly nuanced, family tale of a foundry-worker's life in the infamous fifties. The author's comedic skills are not to be taken lightly, but all through his rollicking ride through blue-collar glory, there runs a deep and powerfully moving Father/son love that speaks much louder than any of the truly excellent jest-and-joust. Another treat from Frank Bosworth that shouldn't be missed!

Michael Firewalker

Frank Bosworth does a superb job of incorporating a sense of humor in his writing to create an entertaining story. Many times I laughed out loud because I could relate to the writer's point of view. My Li'l Black Dad is a wonderful piece.

This story dramatized what the precise pen of a true observer can do when it proses clearly into every angle of a subject, without unrealistically exaggerating either light or shadow.

Bosworth skillfully applied an artistry of what could have become angry bitters in a lesser author, but which was instead blessedly filled with exquisite humor. But effective humor wasn't enough, for this author; he continued with a flowing vigil of observation primed in literary luxury. Under the humor, under the sadness of some of the situations, I began sensing in this author a subtle pride and quiet peace about the passage of his childhood. I didn't realize the last part until I had finished reading this Amazon Short and allowed the intense flavors (of perfectly balanced hardship and humor) to settle. I was relieved myself to feel the cathartic residuals in the author himself (if that makes any sense).

This is the first chapter to the book, "Never Play Leapfrog With A Unicorn." Prior to reading this Short, I checked blurbs and reviews (an excellent collection) on the Amazon buying pages for the book as well as this Amazon Short, wanting some background. With time precious, even more than lack-less $$, the reviews gave what I wanted to know before I clicked "View Now" and began reading "My Li'l Black Dad."

These lines in the middle of the bio stayed with me as I began reading: >>Only those quick enough, creative enough, witty enough to react, are allowed to move on to the next experience, the next round.<< The concluding lines were particularly inviting: >>So sit back, put your feet up, pull the box of Junior Mints ® a bit closer. The show is about to begin.<<

Skimming catchy titles set within hot-popped graphics on the covers of Bosworth's Amazon Shorts collection showed that this guy has honed enough artistic pizzazz and effective speed for outrunning heartbreak, hardship, and a heavy early life, overrunning it with humor. What I wished most for him, prior to reading this Short, was that he would one day be able to feel safe enough to allow a contrasting ability to develop, an intrepid ability to ...

Rest.

I wished for Bosworth to be able to let go, let down, and rest once in a while, from the ongoing push to perform every second within every breath. (However, we can be thankful that this author didn't slow down before he had produced at least this much in his repertoire, enough to expose his intense value as an artist. I wish him well, on both ends of life's continuum.)

Here's a sample of the crisp, quick images brought forth in this story: >>Of the forty-seven sites, thirty-three were definitive summer cottages; all of them no better or worse than can be found in any low-to-mid-cost cabin campground. Thirty-three drab, lifeless, forgotten shells, that sprang to life three months a year, when their owners fled the sizzling city heat for the cool, sultry breezes of lakeside Shangri-La; a veritable utopia in suburbia.<<

A sample of the brisk humor: >>"Makes no sense throwing good money after bad. Don't much matter, we don't have either one," my dad would say. Then he'd grin, chuckle, cough, huck a louie, fart, and walk away. All at the same time. I tried it once when I was seven and sprained my ankle.<< Picks for characterization tricks: >>...all you would see was his wicked grin, and all you would hear was his fractured logic.<<

In the middle of the read of this Short, I flashed to memoir passages in the opening sequence of Stephen King's ON WRITING. After reading through the end of "My Li'l Black Dad," I saw the nightmare base of my compassion-driven-comment here about "rest."

Veeger (Voyager) has found one of its places of dissemination, Amazon Shorts.

With Admiration and Best Wishes,
Linda Shelnutt

This Chapter reminded me of how I sat and stared at my parents and wondered what I did wrong and what planet were they from ?,. A touching,funny but true look at a young sons love for his father, WOW.
If this Chapter is this good the other 15, it will put this book over the top. A must read, for all the kid left in us and all for all the adults that can still find love, give love and just be loved.

I totally enjoyed this chapter. This tale of a young boy basically losing his father to a tragic, crippling accident is touching; yet the boy copes by remembering the humorous phrases of his dad and a connection/bonding to Red Sox baseball.

His descriptions of his New England, dilapidated, year-round summer house and family life in which he was raised has my curiosity.

I can't stop now. I want more!

Not only is this read a witty one, but down to earth. I loved the cats name and how he came about it in merry ole England-LOL A fun and crazy adventure of humor and not so fast thinking; because he did end up with Scum now did he not?

A must read of all his material!!!

Wow...this is good. What fun I am having sitting at my computer snickering away! I'd recommend for anyone who's looking for a good piece of entertainment. Love to write more...but I need to get on to chapter 2! Looking forward to more laughs!

The late, phenomenal John D. MacDonald once wrote: `Two of the most difficult areas to write in are humor and the occult. In clumsy hands the humor turns to dirge and the occult turns funny.'

Frank W. Bosworth may be clumsy (he never did explain just how he broke his foot), but he is not a clumsy writer. `Amok! - Part One' is, at times, elegant, delicate, subtle - and always funny.

Bosworth has an ongoing love affair with words and word-play, from the opening reference to John Milton, to the unabashed homage to Twain and Hitchcock. In fact, `Amok' could even be an oh-so-sly allusion to Pandemonium, the capital of Hell in Milton's epic poem, as well as a word that could be used to describe the madcap situations in this story. Hmmmmm. Bosworth might just be too clever for his own good.

The narrator, Frank himself, is an affable chap with a common rancor for telemarketers, an aversion to fishing and painkillers, and a palpable dislike for his `Frankenstein boot cast.' His neighbor, Carmen, is a sheer joy - Al Lewis meets Charles Bukowski - a hard-talking, hard-drinking, randy old curmudgeon you need on your side, even if you don't want him on your side.

Then there is Rebecca. Dear, sweet Rebecca. We already know Bosworth has a thing for Hitchcock, but was this a reference to Hitchcock's first film? The Rebecca here is no ghost, for sure, but just like the title character in Daphne du Mauriel's classic novel, we never get to meet her - we only hear about her, and the aura of wonder she casts over a story in which she never appears is, well. . . I know what she looks like, and her enchanting visage makes me smile. She will make you smile too.

There is a cat with a peculiar name (I simply must attempt the `Pam' trick on my dim feline), an appropriate cast of whacky neighbors, and a fetching little bird with a sad little problem that falls, almost literally, right at Mr. Bosworth's doorstep. Six winged nightmares swoop in with it (a dirty half-dozen) like angry cousins of that demonic fowl last seen sitting on a bust of Pallas. They are grackles. Grackles, apparently, are about as much fun as flying pit bulls, and could very well have been the inspiration for yet another Hitchcock film.

With the stage now set, the main characters gleefully introduced, and the hook of the story keenly inserted, Act One comes to a dramatic and interesting conclusion.

The only mystery left is how long before we download Act II?

For me, the answer was one simple click away.

There is a point in the story when Frank is looking at a beautiful sky, thinking: `Artists, humbled by heaven's untouchable palette, surely weep.' He hops inside to jot that down, thinking the line is a keeper. He would be right.

So is this story.

ERO

Frank Bosworth does a great job of finding humor in every day common occurances and presenting them in a hilarious manner. His story is a fun read. Be prepared to laugh out loud!

I love humorous stories. I love true stories. I love humor mixed with drama, blended with true stories. I've only read this first chapter of Frank W. Bosworth's latest submission, "Amok!", but as always, he delivers the best in all three catagories.

This is a tale of an injured man on hiatus from work, living on a limited income near a beach resort in Florida. His characters in this first chapter consist of: himself (autobiagraphical), an adopted cat, an alchoholic neighbor, an injured bird and a sexy lady in the apartment building he lives in. His description of these characters makes one want to read on and read again to be sure you didn't miss anything.

I'll have more to say after I read the next chapters. I absolutely recommend this one!

Wow, this story keeps on rolling! (And I'm rolling on the floor laughing!) The visuals of this poor man in the bathroom scene are beyond funny...they're outrageous. All I can say is, "yehaaah! I'm going for #3!"

Act II

In a three part story, the second act is usually the toughest to plot. In order to build on the momentum of the first act, the primary challenge introduced to the protagonists either has to become increasingly difficult, or new problems must arise to further complicate matters.

`Amok! - Part 2' wastes little time delivering a fresh bounty of laughs, and wastes no time building on the momentum of Act I. Actually, there is no waste at all, which you can tell is clearly going to be the number two problem for poor, hobbled Frank - the evil grackles (think Heckle and Jeckle on Steroids) still number one with a bullet, or a pellet, or quite possibly a broken umbrella, it's really hard to tell at this point.

For the waste-management problem, Frank schedules an appointment. The exchange between Frank and his English-challenged physician is quite hysterical, and made me think of the impressive clergyman in `The Princess Bride,' played to uproarious perfection by Peter Cook (others may be reminded of Peter Sellers as Dr. Fu Manchu, or the little restaurant owner in `Lethal Weapon 4,' depending on your taste).

Bosworth writes much of this three part tale in short little bursts. He keeps the dialogue hopping, and he keeps the mad-cap pace of his mad-cap little ditty zipping along like a zealous conductor on Benzedrine. He is also very crafty. Each humorous line or situation sets up one or several of the bizarre escapades that follow, like falling dominoes in reverse. Lines used in Part One became funnier in Part Two, and funnier still in Part Three (yes, I had to read ahead). His scenes are well connected, and flow seamlessly into one another, like bizarre puzzle pieces fashioned by Kafka, if Kafka had had a sense of humor.

You simply have to feel sorry for a man who endures what comes next. Suffice it to say it's one of those things that has to be read to be believed - and even then you're not quite sure. At some point, I'm not exactly sure where - could have been the toilet-paper mummy, or the wet cat clawing in a naked man's lap - I stopped seeing Frank's dark and friendly mug, and saw instead a youthful Jim Carrey flailing dangerously about; only Carrey has the physical, acrobatic acting skills to re-enact this scene without killing himself (maybe someone should give him a script).

After reading this section you know two more things about Frank W. Bosworth: 1) He is not shy, and 2) it is doubtful he will ever endure anything this hilariously embarrassing again.

My glass is lined up. I'm going to have a whack.

ERO

Mr. Bosworth does a wonderful job of observing people and highlighting on the everyday humor that is shockingly truthful. A fun and enjoyable read!

Mother Nature seems to have it in for our hero! While he is indisposed, the cat and neighbor battle for supremacy over the birds. During the confusion, his twists and turns cause a delicate, albeit, hilarious problem. This is pure entertainment!