Nick DiChario
Author of Death Dines at 8:30
About the Author
Works by Nick DiChario
The Winterberry 4 copies
Sarajevo {short story} 3 copies
Dragonhead 3 copies
Blind Spot [short fiction] 2 copies
Barbie Marries the Jolly Fat Baker and More Twisted Notions: Collected Stories 1996 - 2011 (2012) 1 copy
Death Dines at 8:30 1 copy
Pleasantly Pink 1 copy
Drainage 1 copy
Carp Man 1 copy
Associated Works
The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (1996) — Contributor — 151 copies
In the Shadow of the Wall: An Anthology of Vietnam Stories That Might Have Been (2002) — Contributor — 6 copies
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- Other names
- DiChario, Nicholas A.
- Birthdate
- 1960
- Gender
- male
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Places of residence
- Honeoye Falls, New York, USA
- Occupations
- playwright
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Statistics
- Works
- 19
- Also by
- 35
- Members
- 181
- Popularity
- #119,336
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 10
- Languages
- 1
Now, if that description makes you think this is a sad, serious tale of struggle and woe, then you need to know that Valley of Day-Glo is at times entertaining, philosophical, humorous, original, and warped. DiChario himself calls Valley of Day-Glo absurdist fiction, and while it is absurd it is also much more. In the introduction, Nancy Kress says to DiChario, "You have a very warped mind."(pg 9) but she goes on to say: "His warp may be fanciful and wildly inventive, but his cross-threads are deadly serious. They are love and the price that love exacts, violence and the grief it causes, striving and the ways that striving can be twisted by the larger world. Nick's tapestry is a life-like design of brilliant, heart-breaking colors, including that imaginative warp." (pg. 10)
Nick DiChario is a very talented writer, and Broadway Danny Rose is an unforgettable (and rumored impotent) hero who seemingly stumbles through life constantly being confronted with human stupidity along the way. This is a highly original novel in many ways but also archetypal in others. Oh, and definitely read the "Book Club Guide" at the end of the novel. It will be well worth your time... maybe.
highly recommended; http://shetreadssoftly.blogspot.com/
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