Day: September 7, 2011

Goodnight, Al Schwartz, and Goodbye

by Mickey Friedman • September 7, 2011 • 2 Comments

By Mickey Friedman September 7, 2011 GREAT BARRINGTON, MA — Tuesday night is poker night. How appropriate that I learned from my friend Bijan of Al Schwartz’s passing on poker night, Tuesday September 6. I only played a few times…

Danger Times Two is a story of two women, one with amnesia, the other with the I Ching. A story of three families, unwittingly intertwined and in danger. I made a deal. Every time it was appropriate, I as the character would actually consult the I Ching: Katie or Sarah or Frank asking the question. And all of us bound to accept the answer. So this, then, is a collaboration: part Mickey Friedman, part I Ching.
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FOLLY: An I Ching Mystery

Folly is Mickey Friedman’s second I Ching Mystery and the sequel to Danger Times Two. Frank Falco, former New York City Detective, and now the Assistant Police Chief in the small town of Ripton, Massachusetts in the heart of the Berkshire Hills is faced with a series of perplexing break-ins in the empty homes of some wealthy weekenders. With the help of his sister Katie and her three llama coins and the ancient Chinese oracle, the “I Ching,” Frank confronts the confused boundaries between order and disorder, and the complicated issues of crime and punishment.

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“A Red Family: Junius, Gladys & Barbara Scales” by Mickey Friedman

"An extraordinary set of reminiscences, beautifully put together by an extremely sensitive, even gifted interviewer. It is a jewel." --Glenda Gilmore, author of Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950

"Junius Scales is a fascinating character whose experiences tell us so much about his period, and Friedman's family approach opens up new angles on the story." --James R. Barrett, author of William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism

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