My first novel, "STRANGE SKIES" is out now from Harper Perennial. It's available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, and perhaps even your local bookstore.
.........THE REVIEWS ARE IN:
"I laughed so loud I upset my dog." -- Heather McElhatton, THE HUFFINGTON POST
"[An] artful debut…Paul’s an unsually self-aware scoundrel, and his adventures, including his dread of fatherhood, are very funny..." -- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
"Good fun...self-pitying, self-mocking, lively, sometimes hilarious...fast paced, entertaining..." --KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Matt Marinovich's debut novel dares to have its humourous way with the dread subject of cancer. Insurance salesman Paul Mauro discovers a lump on his arm, and everything therafter--from the chemo issue to a beguiling mother and child he meets at an airport--falls strangely, urgently, ecstatically into place for this likable Everyman embarked on a stare-down with time..." --
ELLE
"A survivor, this author could have taken the easy way out. Instead, Matt Marinovich has used his own struggles as inspiration for a truly remarkable novel. “Strange Skies†(Harper Perennial, 226 pp., $13.95) probably won’t be chosen by Oprah, nor will cancer survivor groups put it on their “must read†lists - and that’s a good thing. This book is too important - a rude yet hilarious story that reminds us why novels are so essential. “Strange Skies†captures the self-loathing of Paul, and his own degenerative path after being diagnosed with cancer, taking readers on an emotional adventure that recalls both Holden Caulfield and Fight Club."--BROOKLYN EAGLE
"A compulsive read...Marinovich's Paul is Meursault
without an Arab to kill, and his story is a dark, delightful joyride, full of shakespearean plot twists." --Rebecca Curtis, author of TWENTY GRAND
"What a terrific bastard!" --Panio Gianopoulos, Editor, BLOOMSBURY
