Surviving Crazy

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Pub Date 29 Aug 2020 | Archive Date 15 Dec 2020

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A bizarre and hilarious look at surviving societal collapse...

When Armageddon hits you can’t always pick your post-apocalyptic companions, That’s the dilemma facing major-league scout Riley Knight, who finds himself stranded with a collection of borderline crazies at a remote diner when a gigantic solar storm plunges the world into the dark ages.

Cut off from the rest of the electricity-deprived world, the group, whose grip on sanity is tenuous, and whose coping skills leave much to be desired, are forced to rely on each other with laughingly absurd results. As their situation rapidly deteriorates, the distant town of Jericho becomes their only hope for survival. Only the road to Jericho is fraught with peril that only the bravest of them may survive. Worse, Jericho may not be the safe haven they desperately seek. How will they survive this new bizarre and frightening world where everyone’s a nut in a place that’s getting nuttier by the day is anyone’s guess.

A bizarre and hilarious look at surviving societal collapse...

When Armageddon hits you can’t always pick your post-apocalyptic companions, That’s the dilemma facing major-league scout Riley Knight...


Advance Praise

"A downright hilarious look at 'the end of civilization as we know it'... A funny book in the 'slap him in the head style of comedy' but this goes deeper." --- Readers Favorite 5 Stars!

"An exceptional and original novel that holds the reader's fully entertained attention from beginning to end. An impressive and deftly crafted novel populated with memorable characters and unexpected plot twists and turns" --- Midwest Book Review

"With a long, character-building fuse and a whip-smart pen behind the imagery-rich writing, this novel hums with tension and possibility from the start... Surviving Crazy is a head-scratching read that will make you laugh out loud and stay up late to see how it all plays out."--- Self-Publishing Review

"I thoroughly enjoyed this goofy, comic novel, and laughed out loud through much of it. The characters are wildly drawn, and the satire is sharp and pointed...The ending is surprising, ironic, and perfect." --- Readers' Favorite

"A colorful burst of comedy and satire." --- RedCity Review

"An ingenious, humorous novel...a thoroughly engrossing,rib-tickling-funny read that lovers of both SF and literary fiction won't wantto miss."...The Prairies Book Review

"Anentirely new perspective on end-time scenarios. Readers should hold onto theirhats in this fast-paced story. It is bursting with troublesome yet loveablecharacters who fill this tale with hyperbole, danger, and amazing camaraderie" --- US Review of Books

"A downright hilarious look at 'the end of civilization as we know it'... A funny book in the 'slap him in the head style of comedy' but this goes deeper." --- Readers Favorite 5 Stars!

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Surviving Crazy
by Frank Crimi (Goodreads Author)
10604067
Bonnye Reed Fry's review
Dec 20, 2020
really liked it
bookshelves: to-read

I received a free, electronic ARC of this self-published novel on December 5, 2020, from Netgalley and Frank Crimi.
Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. I am adding Frank Crimi to the authors I follow. He has the ability to turn a sad, bad week into a hoot. There is nothing sophisticated about his mindset but homegrown humor is what I needed to get past 2020. Give it a try. You won't be disappointed.

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Surviving Crazy by Frank Crimi is a highly recommended hilarious post-apocalyptic tale.

Riley Knight has been struggling with his employment options when he is offered the opportunity to be a major-league scout for the Arizona Prickly Heat baseball team. He is sent off to the town of Jericho, Idaho, to scout a rumored incredible player. In a roadside diner on the way to Jericho an apparent solar flare sends out an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and all the electrical power goes out. This means phone lines are down, cars won't run, along with no power. What Riley discovers is that he is stuck at a remote diner with a bunch of crazy people. What he and the others don't know is that the road to Jericho, the city they are all hoping to get help from, is full of hazards and the city is filled with even more crazy people.

This novel is packed with quirky, unconventional, satirical characters and the dialogue is packed with one quip, joke, wisecrack, and diversion after another. The whole plot is one ludicrous, absurd, romp through a post-apocalyptic world full of people who didn't start out on the normal side of sane. This means their coping skills and survival instincts are also lacking. Basically the inmates are running the asylum and all of them are convinced they are reasonable people. Surviving Crazy follows the people stuck at the diner and people in Jericho. The comedy is non-stop, so much so it is almost overwhelming at times, and there are even a few twists thrown into the plot. In the end it actually showcases some veracity about the human condition.

Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of the publisher/author via Netgalley.
The review will be posted on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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Now, this is fairly unusual, a wackadoodle comedy that actually works. A bunch of hilariously wildly over the top characters dealing with a very serious EMP sort of an apocalypse.
At first, there were just chance meetings at a remote mountain diner, conversations had mainly to distract themselves from the terrible, practically inedible food served there. And then the power went out. Phones and cars suddenly rendered useless, the civilization as they knew it until then…over. Now their only chance at survival is to get to the nearest town, but this involves planning and coordinating a bunch of lunatics, so yeah…it’s a comedy.
In fact, the town where they believe salvation might lie is also populated by a bunch of lunatics, so it’s all fun and games on both sides…but also pretty dangerous. The legendary Chekov’s gun thing here is an arsenal, driven by a Sasquatch sized competitive country line dancing fried pet food entrepreneur. Yeah, that’s just one of the characters. And yeah, they are all that wacky. You got to appreciate the bold just go for it approach the author took with his characters, they are all positively loony, with mad backstories and loopy trajectories…but this asylum is hopping. They might be stark raving but they are perfectly sane and reasonable to themselves, that’s what makes it so funny. The innate underlying logic to the madness. Except for Riley, the classic straight man of the story, whose road to professional redemption becomes…well, whatever this is.
So yeah, the entire production is very, very silly and the cast is completely certifiable, but if you’re in the right mood, this screwball comedy is very entertaining and genuinely funny at times. I was thoroughly entertained, at times to actual laughter. Recommended. Thanks Netgalley.

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