Disappearing Into View: Amazon.ca: Andrew K. Stone: Books

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"Disappearing Into View" reads like a modern version of Dostoyevsky's "Notes From the Underground..." -- J. Mark Dudick, Anchorage Daily News

In "Disappearing Into View", Stone illuminates the infinite human capacity for evil, compassion, and forgiveness at all levels of humanity. -- Rhode Island Monthly, Paula M. Bodah, Editor

Stone possesses a marvelous ear for dialogue...a talent for creating characters who will long remain in the reader's memory. -- Janice Harvey, Worcester Magazine

Stone's use of complex and realistically drawn characters gives the work a highly charged level of emotional tension. -- Jane Crosier, Host of Literary Landscape, CKCU-FM, Ottawa

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Colin “Birdy” Franklin believes he has removed himself from society. Unable to come to terms with his father’s horrifying secret, Birdy has decided to live “visibly invisible” on the streets of Boston. But his existence changes dramatically when he meets Vince, an illicit entrepreneur who employs the homeless to supply restaurants with substandard food. Cajoled into working for Vince, Birdy begins to understand the complexities of a society he never really left. But when these complexities turn deadly, Birdy must confront the events that shaped his past in order to reconcile – and survive in – his newly found place in the world.

In his stunning second novel, Andrew K. Stone explores the subjectivity of good and evil in accordance to our status in society. As in his breakout novel All Flowers Die, Stone demonstrates his flair for balancing an engaging plot, rich thematic structure and finely developed characters to tell a story that’s both moving and memorable.

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4.2 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not deserving of 4 1/2 stars, Sep 21 2003

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I often depend upon the reviews in Amazon for helping me to find reading that is a bit off track and different, but still entertaining. I picked this book for my book club and hated it! Now I've subjected 8 of my friends to its awful plot as well. The graffic depictions of the meat factory were disgusting! The main charater was unbelievable and the enemy unlikely. I wonder who the people who gave the book 5 stars were, the authors Mother?

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1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Reading Time, Jan 14 2003

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.... This book was a monumental waste of my reading time. The characters were thinly drawn, the plot far-fetched and a bit ludricrous, and the ending disappointingly absurd. The author did indeed illustrate he enjoyed playing with words, but I didn't enjoy the game he liked to play. ...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence, Dec 17 2002

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At fifteen, bitter disillusionment shatters Colin Franklin's world. Rather than live in the society of his father's making, Colin chooses homelessness. The transience of street living made the questions and doubts of his childhood nothing but ephemeral memory.

Colin supports his meager need selling pigeons to restaurants as replacement for the squab on their menus. It worked for years until one evening when Sid gave him two bucks for a bird he found dead. That bird gives the small time crook Vince food poisoning. Curious about the enterprising young man, Vince seeks Colin out and offers him a job.

Nicknamed "Birdy", Colin helps manage a food processing plant that uses goose, rabbit, and rat meat in its product. Production increases radically to meet demand as Vince's underworld connections require more and more. The homeless staff the plant, working intense hours for practically nothing. Soon Birdy comes to question what he sees occurring, piecing together his shattered existence in a transformational odyssey of profound insight and redemption.

A potent psychological drama, DISAPPEARING INTO VIEW provides an extraordinary view of a world most of society chooses to ignore. Beneath the streets of Boston exists a society of the homeless, comprised of surprising characters from the deranged and delusional, to the surprisingly wise and complex. The darkness of the tale finds relief in scintillating dialogue, dramatic surprise, and penetrating depths. A tale that poses dark and troubling questions with amazing clarity, DISAPPEARING INTO VIEW earns the WordWeaving Award for Excellence.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended
This story explored a part of life that I've never given much thought to: homelessness. The story centres around a boy who chooses to become homeless rather than deal with a... Read more

Published on May 1 2002 by wordfiendca

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Enjoyed It
Stone just keeps getting better. He manages to create characters of such depth without losing the reader in a sea of confusion. This is a winner.

Published on April 27 2002 by Michael G. DeFilippo

3.0 out of 5 stars Bleak...very bleak....with a little ray of hope

Andrew Stone's second novel tells the story of a young man from an upper-middle class family whose world blows apart, both literally and figuratively when he is 15. Read more

Published on Dec 29 2001 by Terry Mathews

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Excellant Work
Andrew K. Stone's second novel presents a much darker story line than his previous, All Flower's Die. Read more

Published on Dec 17 2001 by Timothy Gager

5.0 out of 5 stars A VIEW OF REALITY FROM AN AUTHOR OF VISION
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Andrew K. Stone spells it out in "Disappearing into View." Empowered with the idiosyncrasies of human frailty Mr. Read more

Published on Dec 2 2001 by Dorothy L. Irwin

5.0 out of 5 stars Alone among a sea of people until.
"Birdy" has chosen to be homeless; the question is why, when he was brought up in a land of plenty with a father who is a trained surgeon. Read more

Published on Nov 11 2001 by Denise Bentley

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating From Beginning to End!
I eagerly awaited Andrew Stone's second novel and I was not disappointed. I started it last night and couldn't stop until the final page. Read more

Published on Nov 8 2001 by Paula Hess

5.0 out of 5 stars Stone Should NOT Disappear
'Disappearing Into View' is a terrific sophomore novel; anyone who read Andrew Stone's first novel, 'All Flowers Die,' will not be disappointed. Read more

Published on Nov 7 2001 by K. A. Thompson

5.0 out of 5 stars "IMPROVED ON PERFECTION"
In his first effort,"All Flowers Die," Andrew Stone wtote eloquently and heartfully of coming of age. Read more