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Brooklyn in the Mean Time Kindle Edition

by Robert Chazz Chute (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 34 ratings

A long time ago, I ran away from home. Coming back is going to be murder.


"Sucks you in and refuses to let go! A true master of his craft!" ~ Alex Kimmell, author of The Key to Everything

On the run from bad debts and dangerous people, petty criminal Chazz Chute tries to start over and do things right. However, his father doesn't know him anymore and his brother wants him dead. If you can't remember your sins, are you still guilty?

The mystery grows as bodies fall in this action-packed suspense thriller.

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    October 29, 2014
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Please note that, since I'm a writing genius and a marketing idiot, this book used to be called Intense Violence, Bizarre Themes. Brooklyn in the Meantime better reflects its genre and content. I hope your curiosity is now better stirred, too.

About the Author

Robert Chazz Chute is a former journalist living in Canada. He is the author of more than twenty books. He writes crime thrillers, apocalyptic fiction and SFF.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00P1GQ5WK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ex Parte Press; 2nd edition (October 29, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 29, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 262 pages
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Robert Chazz Chute

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Robert Chazz Chute writes full-time from his blanket fort in Other London. The winner of fifteen writing awards, he pens apocalyptic epics with heart and killer crime thrillers with muscle. A graduate of the University of King's College journalism program, he studied book and magazine publishing at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has worked as a crime reporter, science journalist, editor, book doctor, speechwriter, and magazine columnist.

For a full list of all Robert's work, join his inner circle at AllThatChazz.com.

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  • MIKALA RATED
    5.0 out of 5 stars DIG CHAZZ CHUTE
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2018
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    His writing style makes you part of his thoughts & conversations: you are part of his dimension Dear Reader and will "SWING" his every day. Only in Brooklyn can the 90's thrive and remain true. You can never truly return home after you ran from its hurts and pains, when naturally embedded during formative years are often hard to run from. Yet, the raw perspectives of your past with eyes wide open; does allow you truth and thus clarity. From there, knowing the negatives and going ballz to the walls with a cuppla hail Mary's; Chazz rocked it and lives the life he was meant to live and believed in. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
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  • Norman Phillips
    4.0 out of 5 stars Weirdly entertaining
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2018
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    Chaz reminisces about his past life, then brings us up to the present. Interesting how he unfolds his life's journey. Relax, go along for the ride and enjoy yourself.
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  • Deborah630
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another good story from a master storyteller
    Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2015
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    Once again I got completely sucked in by Robert Chazz Chute. I could not put this book down once I started it. My only regret is that I got this book in November and waited until now to read it. The story is imaginative, engaging, and really not like anything else I've ever read.
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  • Patricia
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018
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  • BigOrangeDave
    4.0 out of 5 stars and now for something completely different
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2014
    This book was about is different from the TPOD series as night is from day. Yet Chazz managed to find ways to connect the two stories together In a most entertaining way. The one thing both stories having common is they kept your attention and kept you entertained. Thanks for another good read.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great , intelligent read
    Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2018
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    The book definitely grows on you. It is original and very well thought out. I look forward to reading more by the author.
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  • David Pandolfe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely entertaining, darkly humorous and deftly crafted
    Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2014
    I should probably mention right off that my name appears twice in Robert Chazz Chute's "autobiographical novel," Intense Violence, Bizarre Themes. For the record, I don't know Robert Chazz Chute (nor was I asked to write a review). In fact, I've never read one of his novels before. Our only connection is that I started reading his blog a while back for the insights offered for other writers, to enjoy his occasional rants, and just for general entertainment purposes. As a result of being one of the supporters of the #DudeNeedsAKidney Campaign mentioned on the blog, I was both thanked in the acknowledgements and had one of the minor characters named after me (I will now know immortality as a lowlife who fences jewelry).

    Okay, that said, I really (as in really, really) enjoyed this book. A lot. Intense Violence, Bizarre Themes is a unique and engaging novel with a compelling plot and well-drawn, idiosyncratic characters. Okay, not many of those characters have a lot going on by way of ethics but that's part of what makes them so interesting. An especially sympathetic character is, in fact, one of the least likely--the narrator's Alzheimer's afflicted father, a small-time hood and all-around crappy person who is somehow still likeable due to his past love for his sons (even though he only loves one of them now) and the fact that he no longer recalls what a scoundrel he'd become. This dynamic raises an interesting question: Can a person be held accountable for past actions when he has, for all intents and purposes, accidentally become a different person? Come to think of it, Chute's characters raise a number of other questions worth considering about human nature and family relationships, primarily attributable to the main character's relationship with his "evil twin" (I won't go into any more details here to avoid giving too much away). One of the most impressive and entertaining aspects of the novel is that the reader can't help but keep wondering how much of it might be real (there is a way to learn but you'll have to read the book to find out). The fact is (and what matters most, either way), is that Robert Chazz Chute is such a skilled spinner of tales that the reader is more than willing to suspend any possible disbelief to go along for the ride. And, of course, "biographies are only as true as anything is." I'll be totally honest. I followed through with "research" at the end because I really had to know. Which is another way of saying this book worked exactly as intended. Intense Violence, Bizarre Themes is an extremely entertaining, darkly humorous and deftly crafted mystery one-hundred percent worth reading. As mentioned, I had not read any of Robert Chazz Chute's books before but I'll be sure to read more in the future. In fact, This Plaque of Days is ready and waiting in my Kindle.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
    Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2018
    I imagine that all authors get asked from time to time whether something they’ve written is real or made up.

    “Brooklyn in the Mean Time” begs the question over and over. The author is the main character, but is it really him? All of this is true? Authors will frequently insert themselves into their stories. Douglas Coupland gives a computer security diatribe to the main character in “Jpod.” Steven King likes to be in the movies and TV shows based on his work. Usually, the author creates a bit part, a wink and a nod to the observant. In “Brooklyn in the Mean Time,” the author is the main character, on every page.

    The main character is certainly based on the author, maybe with some embellishments, who knows? Who cares? This is a great read. I enjoyed when one of the author’s other works are mentioned and the characters give a critique or complain about how they were portrayed in his fiction. A good number of the characters who inspired other characters are not happy with their portrayal. Hey, if you’re a geriatric zombie in a book, maybe it’s your own fault.

    Robert Chazz Chute is a versatile author, with books ranging from zombies, vampires, hit men, the end of the world, robots, dreams and time travel. Each book and series is well written, smart and leaves the reader wanting more.
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  • PETER W HAWKINS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cool thrill ride. Should a movie!
    Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2019
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    Brooklyn in the Meantime is a Cain and Abel/prodigal son story set in the land of Lords of Flatbush with the literary acrobatics of Jay McInerney and the rush of anything by Guy Ritchie. It’s a caper story where diamonds go missing, gangsters get pissed off, couriers develop Alzheimer's and sons still love their father despite everything. Exciting, arch, playful and macho, it is a romance where no one gets the girl, boys become men who change their identity and everyone fights their true nature. Robby the boy becomes Chazz the man, Chazz the writer, Chazz the romantic, Chazz the embittered son and Chazz the thug. Meanwhile, Mike the boy becomes Sully the thug and general ‘evil twin’. But nobody is as they seem (as Chazz the twin keeps telling us). Although, personally, I am a firm believer that if your twin’s a psychopath, you might be too. Good engrossing read. I really enjoyed it.
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  • Kindle Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Brooklyn in the mean time
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2018
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    I found this book quite hard going at the beginning but did persevere as I wanted to know whether what I thought would happen did.
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