Author Saverio Monachino, A
Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor Does And He Gives Readers A Look In His New
Psychological Fiction Novel, Little Bit Of Faith
Saverio Monachino amalgamates
an odd collection of authors like John Irving, Tom Robbins, and Louise Penny
into one, and the servings he presents—psychological fiction thrillers—come
complete with a side order of comedy. Saverio believes adding a bit of humor
helps wash down the truth while he discusses how open to interpretation the
human condition can be.
Saverio Monachino’s traumatic
brain injury left him in a coma. It took a while but, when he made it back to a
conscious state, he had a story to tell. This story became the basis for his
new psychological fiction novel, "Little Bit of Faith."
The book is a masterful work of
fiction that is unlike any medical thriller available today. Through skillful
storytelling and rich character development, the book offers a captivating and
often humorous exploration of the creativity of the human mind and the
interconnectedness of existence. The book leaves readers pondering the nature
of true faith, the boundaries of one’s perception, the foundations of belief,
family love, religious fanaticism, and the meaning of existence, long after the
final page is turned. There is a message. It is one word, four letters.
Dr. Selwood (a
neuropsychologist) had a real doozy of a case assigned to her: Dr. Arthur
McAiden. When McAiden first began his outpatient stint at the Kessler
Institute, he had trouble stringing cognitive sentences together. Selwood
suggested he write his thoughts down, and so he did. At first, he wrote of the
accident itself, which had her wondering how, if he was comatose, he knew what
he did. Then his story moved on and intertwined his recovery process with what
she believed to be a work of fiction. If he was trying to have fun at her
expense, she did not know. Either way, it didn't matter, but when he moved on
and began describing his take on the triune others have used to describe his
faith, she wanted to file this away in the circular trash can beside her desk.
Then one of his characters came to life and paid her a visit. While her patient
had struggled to re-enter the three-dimensional space those living on earth
call home, Dr. Selwood, in turn, now struggled to accept the continuum of life
Arthur had presented to her.
"I wrote this book,"
Monachino stated, "because, as my ability to exist in the
three-dimensional space we live in returned, memories of what I experienced
began to fade. The story is fiction, the underlying revelations, I hope, are
closer to reality."
Monachino is also the author of
a murder mystery titled "By Any Means." Leaking top-secret
information to the Press happens all the time. Just ask those holding office in
Washington D.C. Up north in Montreal, Inspector Gervais has experienced a
perfect storm of this art. Gervais’s story started on a typical summer night
with a slightly overweight grocer sitting on the roof reciting poetry, dressed
from head to toe in leather, and watching a man in the alley commit murder …
with a hard salami. His life literally falls into the hands of the good
Inspector, and that’s when the fun begins. “What,” Inspector Gervais wants to
know, “do an overweight grocer, Batman, tax attorneys, a dysfunctional Italian
family, city politics, and an esoteric secret society that may or may not be
the remnants of the Knights Templar have in common?” Not much, but this is all
he has to go on as he races to solve a gruesome murder By Any Means. Montreal
in the summertime can be fun; murder can be funnier.
Saverio
Monachino is available for media interviews and can be reached by email available on his website at https://comicfictionnoir.com.
