SAVED BY THE
BANG
(A Nuclear Comedy)
Marina Julia Neary
Historical Fiction/Dark Humor, 206
pgs
An Autobiographical novel featuring
adventures of an artistic Central European family in light of a nuclear
disaster
Welcome to
1980s Belarus, where Polish denim is the currency, “kike” is a pedestrian
endearment, and a second-trimester abortion can be procured for a box of
chocolates. Antonia Olenski, a catty half-Jewish professor at the Gomel Music
Academy, wavers between her flamboyant composer husband, Joseph, and a
chivalrous tenor, Nicholas. The Chernobyl disaster breaks up the love triangle,
forcing Antonia into evacuation with her annoying eight-year-old daughter,
Maryana. After a summer of cruising through Crimean sanatoriums and
provoking wounded Afghan veterans, Antonia starts pining for the intrigues and
scandals of the Academy. When the queen of cats finally returns home, she finds
that new artistic, ethnic, and sexual rivalries have emerged in the afterglow
of nuclear fallout. How far will Antonia go to reclaim her throne?
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Author's
bio:
A self-centered, only child of
classical musicians, Marina Julia Neary spent her early years in Eastern Europe
and came to the US at the age of thirteen. Her literary career revolves around
depicting military and social disasters, from the Charge of the Light Brigade,
to the Irish Famine, to the Easter Rising in Dublin, to the nuclear explosion
in Chernobyl some thirty miles away from her home town. Notorious for her
abrasive personality and politically incorrect views that make her a persona
non grata in most polite circles, Neary explores human suffering through the
prism of dark humor, believing that tragedy and comedy go hand in
hand. Her debut thriller Wynfield's Kingdom was featured
on the cover of the First Edition Magazine in the UK and earned the
praise of the Neo-Victorian Studies Journal. After writing a series
of novels dealing with the Anglo-Irish conflict, she takes a break from the
slums of London and the gunpowder-filled streets of Dublin to delve into the
picturesque radioactive swamps of her native Belarus. Saved by the Bang: a Nuclear Comedy is a
deliciously offensive autobiographical satire featuring sex scandals of Eastern
Europe's artistic elite in the face of political upheavals.
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