Monday, June 4, 2012

Book Launch At Historic Tattered Cover Tomorrow


Introducing Denverite Brendan Murphy, or Murph, as he s known to the rest of the world. He lives alone in his crow s nest apartment, fries a hamburger for every meal, does his dish, then channel surfs for reruns of Gilligan's Island. He is a radical minimalist. He strives to earn no more money as a driver for Rocky Mountain Taxi Company than his needs require. He is determined to stay out of the lives of those he transports. He struggles with one issue and is spectacularly bad with the other. The Asphalt Warrior is the first of eleven adventures. Come prowl the mean streets of Denver with Murph and ponder the meaning of the world and all sorts of deep questions, such as: Why would anyone want to DO anything?

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 7:30 pm at our Historic Lodo Store (parking info for Lodo HERE)

Publishers Mark Stevens and Mike Keefe will present The Asphalt Warrior (Running Meter Press), the first of ten comic novels by the late Gary Reilly, featuring Denver cab driver Brendan Murphy, a.k.a. “Murph.” All the Murph novels are set in the Denver area and follow Murph to The Brown Palace, DIA, along East Colfax Avenue, and all around the local neighborhoods. Murph is not only a likable cabbie, he’s a tour guide to life who sees and savors the small things, and wonders about the big questions. The next volume, Ticket to Hollywood will be released this fall.

Jackie says:
"This is the first in a comic novel series based on the life of Murph, a Denver taxi driver who has two goals --to earn no more than what he needs to keep his lifestyle up and running (this includes at least one week of "Spring Break" every month, spent on a beach towel in his living room with a book or 3) AND to never, ever, ever get involved in the lives of any of his "fares".  While he does a hand-to-mouth version of keeping the first goal, the second has been causing some difficulty as of late.  I don't want to tell you anymore because following along with Murph as he goes down the slippery slope of caring about one of his fares is part of the fun of this book.  That and the witty, colorful commentary about Denver and people in general that only a long time taxi driver, or a very observant writer, could have.

This series by Gary Reilly (who passed away in 2011 after a long
battle with cancer) is being published posthumously by Running Meter Press, a partnership of author Mark Stevens and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Mike Keefe, both friends of Reilly's."

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