Redemption Don't Come Cheap

THANKS TO ALL THE INPUT I RECEIVED THE LAST TIME I POSTED THIS, I HAVE SPENT SIX MONTHS RE-EDITING AND TAKEN WHAT WAS A 200,000 WORD NOVEL DOWN TO A 113,000 WORD NOVEL. YOU WERE ALL CORRECT, IT WAS WAY TOO LONG. ANYWAY, HERE WE GO AGAIN:- Redemption Don’t Come Cheap opens in Brooklyn in 1964, after three nine-year-old boys from diverse backgrounds view the movie Goldfinger for the twentieth time. Later they see absolutely no problem in emulating Mr. Bond’s movie and painting the eighteen-month-old sister of one of the boys, bright red from neck to toes. The baby survives in good humor and for two of the boys, the repercussions of their punishment are maybe just, for the third it is simply tragic. The aftermath rips their friendship apart, throws their lives onto very different courses and the boys ultimately grow to distrust and dislike each other. They barely talk for thirty years; until a break-in at a local pet store, a strange twist of fate and a series of letters from the grave finally start to work, and all three men are inexplicably drawn back to the scene of the ‘baby painting,’ simultaneously. Once they meet again, they face up to old truths, reveal multiple secrets and nothing is ever what it seems for very long. When a brand new shared predicament makes it clear at least one of them needs to be a scapegoat and die, they begin a fight for personal survival. Their epic story involves multiple pet thefts from a local Mafia boss, a language-challenged priest who pays dearly for insulting the pope, a drunken monkey with a very bad attitude, an international diplomatic incident, the repeated theft of some very unlucky diamonds, abduction, subtle deceit, public humiliation, bare-faced lying, cheating, murder in abandon, accidental serial pet-o-cide, a trip through the Twilight Zone and finally, for one of them, personal redemption.

• Chapter 1 - On Account of Bond, James Bond"Redemption Don’t Come Che..."
• Chapter 2 - Reflections on a Stool"Before we find out if they ..."
• Chapter 3 - Painting the Baby Red"So, do they paint that baby..."
• Chapter 4 - How Did I Get Here Mommy?"We are back in the diner wi..."
• Chapter 5 - Spider Panties and the British Invasion"While waiting for Anthony a..."
• Chapter 6 - Uncle Sal and the Priest"Two very important characte..."
• Chapter 7 - The Immasculado Plan"We learn more about the gen..."
• Chapter 8 - Dinner With the Amalfatones"Dinner at Uncle Sal’s cha..."
• Chapter 9 - Strange Lessons"We finally learn what happe..."
• Chapter 10 - Lenny Comes Home"Lenny returns a despicable ..."
• Chapter 11 - A Menace Grows Then Fades Away"The rise and fall of Lenny ..."
• Chapter 12 - A Letter From the Grave"Chapter 12 Lenny wins again..."
• Chapter 13 - At the Sign of the Drunken Monkey"John brings us out of the p..."
• Chapter 14 - From the Immasculado Perspective"We learn what Anthony has b..."
• Chapter 15 - Lenny! Lenny! Lenny!"Lenny has been a very bad b..."
• Chapter 16 - He Should Have Gone With Plan 'C'"We finish with Lenny’s sc..."
• Chapter 17 - The Black Knight is Revealed"Anthony reveals a HUGE secr..."
• Chapter 18 - Dear Lenny"We read Mary’s letter to ..."
• Chapter 19 - Colditz and the Great Escape"Lenny's death is inevitable."
• Chapter 20 - The Pork Chop and the Dancing Chicken"Anthony tries to find a way..."
• Chapter 21 - A Splendid Norwegian Saves the Day"Will a trip through the Twi..."
• Chapter 22 - Could Larry be Lenny?"Anthony comes up with anoth..."
• Chapter 23 - Dear Anthony"Mary's letter to Anthony"
• Chapter 24 - Gundiadead!"The Donut Brothers finally ..."
• Chapter 25 - Taking Care of the Donuts"Jackie and Anthony come to ..."
• Chapter 26 - Anthony's Big Bamboozle!"Anthony starts to work his ..."
• Chapter 27 - The Flying Bullshit Brothers"Anthony concocts the bigges..."
• Chapter 28 - The Payoff"Chaos in the kitchen as Ant..."
• Chapter 29 - Driving to Uncle Sal's"Just when they were about t..."
• Chapter 30 - Dear Father"One of Uncle Sal's secrets ..."
• Chapter 31 - The Room of Insults"Strange events unfold at th..."
• Chapter 32 - An Old Suit of Clothes"Salvatore Amalfatone gives ..."
• Chapter 33 - On the Hook"Lenny learns from Uncle Sal..."
• Chapter 34 - Confession and Death"Lenny surprises everyone, b..."
• Chapter 35 - Taking Tea with Aunt Deb."Uncle Sal retires."
• Chapter 36 - It Ain't Over Till it's Over"What Now?"
• Chapter 98 - DISREGARD THIS CHAPTER !!"After re writes, this went ..."
• Chapter 99 - DISREGARD THIS CHAPTER ALSO!!"After re writes, this inser..."