Hating Olivia - Mark SaFranko (for Bukowski Fante fans)

Mark SaFranko's work is ideal for fans of great writing: the ballsy blasts of Bukowski, the savage honesty of John Fante, the cutting visions of Henry Miller. And SK fans, trust us... it's the ethos of Savage Kick condensed into a book.

Praise for Hating Olivia:

"Most books I read that are about lust, drugs, sex and women make me cringe and hate the idiots who wrote them for not realising they haven't got half the talent their heroes -- invariably Bukowski, Miller, Fante -- had. Mark SaFranko's Hating Olivia is a refreshing exception. The words 'raw,' 'brutal,' 'addictive' and 'brilliant' are so overused they have almost lost their meaning, but they are fitting descriptions of a memoir from a very, very talented author."
--- James Doorne (Bizarre Magazine - Issue 105)

"STOP: Put down your Grisham and Stephen King. Hating Olivia is the real deal. An addiction of the heart. I read it in one day. I recommend it one hundred percent."
--- Dan Fante (Mooch, Chump Change, Spitting Off Tall Buildings, Savage Kick #1)

"Fante describes the scenes between Max and Olivia as being like 'open heart surgery performed with an axe' and it's hard to think of a better description. Mark SaFranko is a major discovery for me. This book is one of the most exciting new novels I have read in a long time... Go on, track down a copy, and discover this book for yourself."
--- Tony O'Neill (www.3ammagazine.com)

"Hating Olivia is a remarkable tale of obsession and lust, a stunning portrait of a dangerously alienated hero masterfully told. You will not be able to put it down."
--- Mary Dearborn (Mailer - A Biography; The Happiest Man Alive, A Biography of Henry Miller)

"It's easy to spot the Hamsun, Bukowski and Fante on SaFranko's bookshelves, but to say Hating Olivia is just a facsimile of these writers is way off the mark. SaFranko writes from the heart, and the balls, crafting a furious and passionate piece of work that is entirely his own, with some scenes that would make even Bukowski blush."
--- Susan Tomaselli (www.dogmatika.com)

"Like many of the great iconoclast writers... such as John Fante, Henry Miller, and Bukowski, SaFranko's fiction has its roots in painfully lived experience. Here is a writer who has held every kind of job and lived every kind of pain -- and yet like the great writers who transmute their life and suffering into art, SaFranko has, in Hating Olivia, achieved a rare form of catharsis that is elevated to the level of art."
--- Karl Orend, (Alyscamps Press, Paris)

IBSN 0955131502
220 pages
Trade paperback size (as Black Sparrow Press)
Professionally bound with stunning cover and inside cover art