David Frango's Novel, The Ghost on the Brooklyn Bridge, Demonstrates A Modern Fable With A Strong Anti-Drug Message

Two young women, twenty-first century mathematicians, out for a thrill on Halloween night, decide to disguise themselves as men—to find themselves in an all-male suicide club run by dropouts from the drug cult of the sixties and seventies.

Chester, NS (PRWEB) September 3, 2006 -- In the novel, The Ghost on the Brooklyn Bridge, two heroines, Debby and Sue, dress up as men and embark on a Halloween night adventure they will never forget. It is a life-changing journey; not only for themselves, but also for those they meet and fight to save. As rational mathematicians with a deep spiritual faith, they face a world of hopeless lost souls longing to end their lives. Both women feel "the strongest human bonds are formed in the selfless service of others."

With a comical theme throughout the book, we experience the manic eccentricities of Robert, on a collision course with death, and a young misguided Princeton mathematician at the crossroads of life and death. Debby and Sue's struggle to save the two lost souls from self-destruction takes them into the dark lair of the Suicide Club. In the club, run by remnants of the drug filled sixties, Debby and Sue meet a group that provide a path of self-destruction for misguided and jaded individuals lost in a sea of depression.

A primary theme throughout the book is losing one's path in life and turning to mind-altering drugs for clarity and answers. There are a number of references to sixties rock stars who have died from a drug overdose. In the club, there is an emphasis on glorifying the deaths of rock stars while encouraging a nihilistic view of life.

The Suicide Club, operated like a cult, reveals the sadistic pleasure of manipulating one's emotional pain with mind-altering drugs. An intense brainwashing practice takes place. The novel shows the dark side of glorifying people who die from a drug overdose.

There is a clear anti drug message in the book, but not in the form of a lecture, which is refreshing. Young people would gain much valuable insight reading this book. Although the concepts and ideas put forth in the sixties were positive, they were lost in an abyss of mind-altering self-destructive use of drugs.

The story rejects drug use and promotes a path of clarity through self-reliance, imagination, creativity, and a strong will to seek answers without mind-altering substances. It is a definite must read for young people and recommended for all readers.

Tracy Roberts, Write Field Services Reviewer

Paperback: 213 pages
Publisher: PublishAmerica (March 6, 2006)
ISBN: 1413795560
Available: Amazon.com and BN.com

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