Squelched: The Suppression of Murder in The Synagogue
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Squelched: The Suppression of Murder in The Synagogue
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In May, 1972, T.V. LoCicero finished a book-length, non-fiction tale of deceit and criminality involving a major American publisher. It was also a memoir that covered the most intense and frustrating period in LoCicero’s life. Soon thereafter, he gave his only copy of the manuscript to a University of Michigan professor who had encouraged him to write it. And when LoCicero eventually lost touch with his friend the professor, the manuscript was lost for more than 30 years. Why give away his last copy of a story so important to him, and why make no concerted effort to recover it for such a long time?The answers are offered in Squelched, which includes LoCicero’s original manuscript, plus a new Author’s Note and Epilogue. The book tells the story of his experience in researching and writing Murder in the Synagogue, a true crime account of the shocking assassination of Rabbi Morris Adler on Lincoln’s Birthday, 1966. It describes the strange publication of Murder by Prentice-Hall, Inc., that guaranteed the book would fail, and it recounts the information the author received from a remarkable young woman who came forward to tell him that a wealthy and powerful businessman, and major supporter of Richard Nixon, had arranged with the publisher to “squelch” his book.Squelched is a fascinating account of a betrayed young writer’s sudden plunge into the wiles of publishing and his unexpected lessons in how the world works. The epilogue explains how the original manuscript finally came back to LoCicero after more than three decades and brings the story up to date. Many will note that its look at corporate manipulation and the power and influence of wealth and political connection remains deeply relevant in our world today.“…reads with the speed of a best-selling fiction novel."—Israel Drazin, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer“…so absorbing that I could do nothing else until I finished it."—Jack Riemer, "President Clinton's rabbi"“Misconduct by a major publishing house? A chain of lies and dodgy maneuvers keep the author’s first nonfiction work from ever getting off the ground, despite being well-received by almost everyone who (against the odds) manages to read it? And there is nothing unlikely, bizarre or farfetched about any of it. This conspiracy is as pedestrian as pork and beans, and that in itself makes the story utterly believable.”—Eileen McHenry, Shelfari“A fascinating story of corruption…riveting…read more like a novel…”—Gabe, Amazon ReviewerFor more information: http://www.tvlocicero.com
About the Author
T.V. LoCicero has written both fiction and non-fiction across fivedecades. He's the author of the true crime books Murder in the Synagogue (Prentice-Hall) and Squelched. His novels are the coming-of-age storySicilian Quilt, the romance When A Pretty Woman Smiles and the crimethrillers Babytrick, The Car Bomb and Admission of Guilt (The detroit im dyin Trilogy) and The Obsession and The Disappearance (the first twobooks in The Truth Beauty Trilogy. Eight of his shorter works are nowavailable as ebooks. Most were published in periodicals such asCommentary and The University Review, and in the hard-cover collectionsBest Magazine Articles, The Norton Reader and The Third Coast.About his "checkered past" LoCicero says:"At one time or another I've found work as an industrial spy; a producer of concert videos for Rolling Stone's greatest singer of all time; one ofthe few male contributors to Gloria Steinem's Ms. Magazine; a writer ofan appellate brief for those convicted in one of Detroit's mostsensational drug trials; the author of a true crime book that garnered a bigger advance than a top ten best-selling American novel; a projectcoordinator/fundraiser for a humanities council; a small business owner; the writer/producer/director of numerous long-form documentaries; agolf course clerk; a college instructor who taught courses in advancedcomposition, music and poetry appreciation, introduction to philosophy,remedial English, and American Literature--all in the same term; aghostwriter; a maker of corporate/industrial videos; a member of ahighway surveying crew; a speechwriter for auto executives; a TVproducer of live event specials; an editorial writer; the creator of15-second corporate promos for the PBS series Nature; and a novelist."There is a sense in which that last occupation was the reason for all theothers. Almost anyone who's ever tried to make ends meet as a novelistknows what I'm talking about."
Review
"I sat down and read Squelched immediately. It was so absorbing that I could do nothing else until I finished it."--Jack Riemer, known as "President Clinton's rabbi""A fascinating story of corruption. I would recommend reading it before reading Murder in the Synagogue. That is also riveting but more of a case study of a crime committed decades ago. Squelched read more like a novel and is faster moving. Two very interesting books."--Gabe, Amazon Reviewer"I agree you might want to read this book before you try Murder in the Synagogue. But only because it will give you a perspective on that first book that you might not get otherwise. This one's a surprising read, with a young writer's compelling account of his publisher's betrayal of his excellent first book."--Kate, Amazon Reviewer "Although non-fiction, this detailed book reads with the speed of a best-selling fiction novel."--Israel Drazin, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer
