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The River Through Rome
“This historical novel gives readers a view of ancient Rome from the rare perspective of a good man just trying to do an honest job…Nicastro is an experienced and accomplished writer and often a prose poet in his descriptions of Nonius and Amaris: 'If his life was a stem, she was the rose,’ and ‘Trapped there, between the Scylla of oblivion and the Charybdis of inconsequence he was powerless to go on.’ This is a Rome falling fast from greatness, though oblivious to the descent. The Republic is dead; Octavian will soon style himself ‘Augustus,’ a god. Sycophancy and cynicism are the orders of the day. The captivating book does, in fact, provide an excellent slice of history…An intriguing, well-researched, and well-told tale of ancient Rome.”
--KIRKUS REVIEWS
IN THE PRESS
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Murder, mayhem, and deception stain the Kansas prairie in this historical novel of the Old West. This meticulously researched, vividly told story marries an almost biblical poetry to the rough action of a Western. Readers who can stomach its violence will find a bleak beauty in this portrayal of one of the American prairie’s ugliest stories...A heavenly retelling of a hellish tale.
--KIRKUS REVIEWS
on Hell's Half-Acre
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Nicastro is an author who clearly relishes his subject. Each sentence bursts with juicy, nurturing historical detail and considered thought about the hopes, aspirations, ideals and troubles of those who lived in the distant past... This book allows the reader to inhabit the Golden Age of Athens, and to taste its grit as well as its glory.
--BETTANY HUGHES, BBC & PBS TV on Antigone's Wake
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Nicastro delivers the deeply human story of a multitalented genius whose tenure as the head of Alexandria's famed library occasioned remarkable achievements in literature, history, linguistics, and philosophy...A distant yesterday still furnishes fascinating drama for readers today.
--BRYCE CHRISTENSEN, BOOKLIST on Circumference
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BIO
Novelist Nicholas Nicastro was born in Astoria, NY in 1963. His education includesa B.A. in English from Cornell University (1985), an M.F.A. in filmmaking from New York University (1991), an M.A. in archaeology and a Ph.D in psychology from Cornell (1996 and 2003). He has also worked as a film critic, a hospital orderly, a newspaper reporter, a library
archivist, a college lecturer in anthropology and psychology, an animal behaviorist, and an advertising salesman. His writings include short fiction, travel and science articles in such publications as The New York Times, The New York Observer, Film Comment, Archaeology, and The International Herald Tribune.
Bookstore Meet & Greet!
I'll be meeting readers and signing books in association with Elizabeth City, NC's "GhostWalk" weekend, on Friday October 12 at 3-6pm, and Saturday the 13th, from 10am-2pm. Hope to see you there! (Further information on the Ghost Walk: http://historicghostwalk.org)
Location:
Page After Page Bookstore
111 South Water Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
(252)335-PAGE
