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Title: Times to Try the Soul of Man
Author: Kenneth Weene
Narrator: Gregg Rizzo
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-20-15
Publisher: All Things That Matter Press, Inc.
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
What do an overweight stripper, the CIA, corruption in New York City, the Israeli Mossad, ancient Inca civilization, terrorism, political intrigue, mad dashes across America, and a waste-case of a teenager have in common? They are the ingredients of this action-packed crime and coming-of-age novel. Much of this story is based on true events, perhaps too true to be believed. Guaranteed to make you think and probably to shudder as you relive 9/11.
Members Reviews:
A page turner
In Times to Try the Soul of Man Kenneth Weene takes the facts from two major tragedies/crimes that occurred in the New York area and links them through fiction, producing a well written page turner. The first crime involves political corruption and a scheme to build high rise condominiums on land that can't support the weight. The second I won't mention because it would be a spoiler. This novel includes murder, political intrigue, and lots of sex.
Nick, the narrator of the novel, has a few redeeming qualities. He's loyal and respects people with ethics, such as Jose Figurés, the president of the Lower East Side Latino Community Center. But Nick has some real issues. He has a lack of respect for women that verges on misogyny. He's drawn to them when masturbation âis just not enoughâ and his private nickname for the woman he seems to like the most is âLard-Ass.â He's a reporter for a local newspaper, but hates his job and doesn't respect his boss (a woman of course). He longs for top level recognition (a Pulitzer) but doesn't like the process of writing. The book contains flashbacks to a horrible upbringing that explains some of his problems, but most seem to come from a lack of maturity.
Despite all of Nick's internal problems, the most serious issues he faces have to do with the corrupt and powerful people whose toes he has stepped on. Fortunately, he receives some help with these from Mo, a friend in the Mossad (Israel's version of the CIA). Espionage is what keeps the pages turning, but the best books are about characters who change and in this one we get to watch Nick grow. He has major problems and we're never sure how many of them he'll solve. That's what makes the book a great read.
Steve Lindahl â author of Motherless Soul and White Horse Regressions
some quite beautiful and poignant
This latest book by Ken Weene is worth reading, for the descriptions of life in New York City in a time of international intrigue including the fall of the Twin Towers. I could have done with fewer passages about sex, but the story itself is very well done and catches the nature of the characters in the book: narrated by a reporter for one of the local newspapers, who meets the lowlife and the mysterious spies who roam the pages, and the women who are providing for the sexual needs of the narrator. The several plots are very well woven together, and this is a book worth reading. He is also a fellow writer with the same publisher: All Things That Matter Press, where we both have books listed. Mine are not as prolific as his, nor as well written, but in a different genre. I was particularly impressed with passages containing longer essays, some quite beautiful and poignant.
Great story!
Kenneth Weene's story offers interesting and compelling characters in a compelling plot filled with twists and turns based upon real events.