The Escapist + Giveaway
“The Escapist” David Puretz | January 28, 2020 | Global City Press Format: Paperback Original | 978-1-7333599-1-7 | Price: tk Format: Limited Edition Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-7333599-2-4 | Price: tk Format: E-book | ISBN: 978-1-7333599-3-1 | Price: tk Literary Fiction New York City – When escape becomes a first line of defense, is it possible to ever face life’s harsh realities? In his debut novel, The Escapist (Global City Press, January 28, 2020), David Puretz details one young man’s seemingly never-ending quest for his missing father. Weaving topics like mental health, family conflict and abuse, drug addiction, and sexuality throughout a frame narrative structure, Puretz delves into the internal and external calamities that shape the human life and mind. The only thing protagonist Billy Chute excels in is escaping. After finding that his father has escaped his own life and disappeared, Billy quits his job and sets out to find him. But what he may really ...