by Theo Gangi

Reviews make me jumpy. You pour your heart and soul into a book. You grapple with demons, you soar with angels, you challenge, you push, you pull. Sometimes you enjoy it, sometimes you don't. 

The gratification of seeing that finished product all wrapped up between covers with a price label is, for me, unequalled. Reviewers underscore the reality that people may just not like it. Might not even have anything to do with the book. You always hear stories of great writers getting trashed by reviewers--Updike and William Faulkner among them. Authors taught in schools have been called irrelevant in their lifetimes.

So far, I've been lucky enough to get some favorable nods from the grim judgment of reviewers. Knock wood. 

 Harriet Klausner, the # 1 reviewer on Amazon Books, called Bang Bang "fascinating...High Noon comes to New York City."  Publisher's Weekly said "Gangi serves up a judicious portion of gangsta street talk, rough romance and raw violence in this exciting and gritty debut thriller.

So far I am please that people other than my mother have understood my work.

by Theo Gangi

Reviews make me jumpy. You pour your heart and soul into a book. You grapple with demons, you soar with angels, you challenge, you push, you pull. Sometimes you enjoy it, sometimes you don't. 

The gratification of seeing that finished product all wrapped up between covers with a price label is, for me, unequalled. Reviewers underscore the reality that people may just not like it. Might not even have anything to do with the book. You always hear stories of great writers getting trashed by reviewers--Updike and William Faulkner among them. Authors taught in schools have been called irrelevant in their lifetimes.

So far, I've been lucky enough to get some favorable nods from the grim judgment of reviewers. Knock wood. 

 Harriet Klausner, the # 1 reviewer on Amazon Books, called Bang Bang "fascinating...High Noon comes to New York City."  Publisher's Weekly said "Gangi serves up a judicious portion of gangsta street talk, rough romance and raw violence in this exciting and gritty debut thriller.

So far I am please that people other than my mother have understood my work.