Below are some of the wonderful reviews it has received.
“The novel is a master class on income equality on a psychological, emotional and tangible level, but it’s never reduced to pedagogy or truth-telling. Instead, Powers focuses on the intertwined destinies of these fascinating characters, delivering a first-rate financial thriller in the process.”
—BestThrillers (full review below)
https://bestthrillers.com/the-attendant-a-first-rate-financial-thriller-by-tony-powers/
From Publishers Weekly/BookLife:
“The text is incredibly detailed, covering each character’s thoughts, actions, and motives in remarkable depth…The focus on character motivation elevates this beyond a typical thriller — Manny and Rich are well-crafted and original characters. Despite the crime-heavy subject matter, this is a character-driven story, and Powers does a successful job of slowly developing each man’s reasoning, desires, and limitations.”
— BookLife
“…In the end, I read The Attendant in one sitting with no breaks. I simply could not stop turning the pages!”
—Elizabeth Gauffreau, Author: Telling Sonny
“If Tom Wolfe and David Mamet had a baby, it would be The Attendant – a witty, scathing thriller about class, love and what most of us would do for a million dollars.”
—Joan Sauers, Author: Forgetiquette: What to do when someone you love begins to forget.
Here’s the Amazon page;
I loved reading this riveting book that I couldn’t put down. A page turner from page one. Get it and you’re booked until you finish it. Congratulations on “The Attendant “, a mighty good book.
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Thank you Linda, I’m so glad you enjoyed The Attendant. Stay well, and continue…
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Awesome reviews. You must be very pleased. Congratulations!
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Very, Susan…and one review filled me with utter joy because it completely “got” what the novel is about on every level. i am referring to the Best Thrillers review, “The novel is a master class on income equality on a psychological, emotional and tangible level, but it’s never reduced to pedagogy or truth-telling. Instead, Powers focuses on the intertwined destinies of these fascinating characters, delivering a first-rate financial thriller in the process.” As a writer yourself, you understand what it means to have your work be completely understood. Rapture. Thanks, stay well, and continue…
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It’s wonderful that Best Thrillers really ‘got’ what the novel was about. I can see it in our future.
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utter joy! thanks, Peggy. continue…
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Congratulatons on the publication of The Attendant! I hope other readers enjoy it as much as I did.
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Thank you Liz, your review will go a long way toward people wanting to read the book. I cannot put into words how appreciative I am of your help. Stay well, keep writing, and continue…
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You’re welcome, Tony. Are you working on another novel, by any chance?
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Sort of…i’m not exactly sure what it is yet. thanks for asking. Are you?
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Yes, I’m on the first draft of a novel with the working title The Road from the Poor Farm. It’s set in 1968 at the last poor farm in Vermont.
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Wow, Liz, this sounds very worthwhile. As I read about it, these farms were all that was between people sleeping on the street or in a bed beneath a roof. Keep at it – there’s a lot of meat on this bone. It can be an important piece of work. Stay well, and continue…
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Thank you for the encouragement, Tony. I found a photograph project from the 1930s featuring farmers and their families. So many of them lived in grinding poverty.
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Liz, it seems that this “grinding poverty” has always been with us – and maybe always will be. What is wrong with us? Perhaps naked greed is the great flaw in the “human condition.” Write on and continue…
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When I think that people in the world are going hungry and living on the street, knowing that some jerk is paying $44 billion dollars to purchase Twitter is truly disgusting.
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And he is a dangerous jerk to boot! “Disgusting” is the operative word for far too much that we humans have wrought. Thanks, and continue…
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You’re welcome.
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I’ll be ordering the book next week, and I am looking forward to reading it…
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Thanks Don, I think you’ll enjoy it…if so, maybe write your review on Amazon? In any event, stay well and continue…
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You’re welcome Tony. I will certainly let you know what I think of the book.
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Thank you Don.
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