Life on The Edge

About the Book

THE LIFE HISTORY OF A MAN NAMED SAL. IT BEGINS WHEN HE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND TRACKS HIS LIFE UNTIL HIS SIXTIES. AS SAL GROWS UP MANY FACTORS INFLUENCE HIS DEVELOPMENT. HE SUFFERS A SERIOUS TRAMA AT AGE NINE BY WITNESSING HIS ESTRANGED MOTHER’S BEDROOM SEXUAL ESCAPADES WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEN..THIS LEADS HIM TO GROW UP TO BE A WIFE ABUSING WOMANIZER. HIS CHARACTER IS FURTHER DEVELOPED WHILE STILL AT THIS YOUNG INPRESSIONABLE AGE. HE BEGINS HANGING AT A LOCAL POOL HALL. A MAFIA LEADER , NAMED NICK, ALSO HUNG OUT THERE. NICK BEFRIENDS SAL AND BECOMES A FATHER FIGURE TO THE FATHERLESS BOY. NICK TAKES SAL UNDER HIS WING AND TEACHES HIM ALL ABOUT GAMBLING. HANGING AROUND THE MEN AT THE HALL ALSO ENABLES SAL TO LEARN THE WAY OF THE MOB. THIS ADDS TO HIS GROWING LIST OF VICES. HE MARRIES IN HIS LATE TEENS BUT FAITHFULNESS ENDS ON HIS HONEYMOON. WIFE ABUSE IS ADDED TO HIS FLAWS ALONG WITH THE INFIDELITY WHICH  CONTINUES THROUGHOUT HIS MARRIED LIFE. ALTHOUGH NEVER A GOOD FATHER SAL WAS GOOOD AT BECOMING ONE. SEVERAL CHILDREN ARE BORN TO HIM AND HIS WIFE AND OTHER WOMEN.

THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE HE IS ADDICTED TO WOMEN AND SEX. HE HAS MANY AFFAIRS INCLUDING A LONG LASTING ONE AT AGE 16 WITH A 32 YEAR OLD WOMAN. HIS OTHER ADDICTION IS GAMBLING DESPITE HIS HABITUAL LOSING.. ALMOST EVERY TYPE OF GAMBLING IS EXPLORED IN AN EFFORT TO WIN..HIS LIST OF VICES EXPANDS IN LATER LIFE. HE BECOMES A WHEELER-DEALER FLIM-FLAM TYPE MAN. THIS WAS CREATED OUT OF NECESSITY. THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE SAL WAS UNABLE TO WORK FOR ANYONE OR ANSWER TO A BOSS. THIS CHARACTER FLAW CAUSED AN ENDLESS HUNT FOR HIS OWN BUSINESS. SAL DOES OPEN SEVERAL WITH THE HELP OF NICK. LIKE ALL THINGS IN HIS LIFE SAL MANAGES TO MESS UP AND LOSE EVERY ONE OF THEM.

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Sal WAS A FLAMBOYANT CHARACTER WHO LED AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE WHICH INCLUDED CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE THEN THE FBI. HIS LIFE IS LACED WITH HIS MANY EXPLICIT SEXUAL EXPLOITS. THESE ARE REALLY THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS LIFE AND THE BOOK. THE NEW JERSEY CASINOS OPEN UP AND HIS LOVE FOR GAMBLING ATTRACTS SAL. THERE HE IS LIKE A KID LET LOOSE IN A CANDY FACTORY. HIS ADDICTION FLOURISHES. GAMBLING OFTEN AND FOR LARGE STAKES BECOMES AN OBSESSION WITH HIM. EVENTUALLY HE LOSES CONTROL OF HIMSELF GAMBLING.  HE CONTINUALLY LOSES A LOT OF MONEY. THE HABIT BECOMES TOO COSTLYIS FOR HIS RESOURCES. IT BECOMES TOO DIFFICULT TO SUPPORT.. SAL TURNS TO SELLING DRUGS AS HIS SOURCE OF MONEY. HIS CUSTOMARY  LOSING GROWS TO LARGE SUMS OF MONEY. THE INCREASING DEBT SWAMPS HIM.  HIS UNPAID DEBT IS TO THE LEADERS OF THE MOB. THE WISEGUYS ARRANGE TO WHACK HIM. HIS ENSUING MURDER INVESTIGATION BY AN IPEPT DETECTIVE TURNS OUT TO BE A FARCE AND ALMOST LAUGHABLE.

About the Author

LOUIS PAPA IS A FIRST TIME NOVEL AUTHOR. HE HAS A Ph.D. IN CHEMISTRY AND WORKED IN RESEARCH. DURING HIS CAREER DURING HIS CAREER HE AUTHORED 4 CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND 14 RESEARCH PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. ALL OF THESE WRITINGS ARE OF A TECHNICAL NATURE.. HE IS LISTED IN “WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE”. NOW HE IS RETIRED ON DISABILITY WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND IS WHEELCHAIR BOUND. THIS GAVE HIM THE TIME TO PURSUE WRITING, WHICH WAS A DEEP SEATED INTEREST OF HIS SINCE A YOUNG MAN. HIS SECOND BOOK IS ALMOST COMPLETE AND THE THIRD IS ON THE DRAWING BOARD.