Frank Rocca

I'm Jack and I Want More Frank Rocca

***REVISED EDITOR'S CUT*** An edgy novel about violence and self-destruction set during a time when more was almost enough. Gambling with blood and playing for keeps define meaning for Jackie's adolescent crew of ex-altar boys on their unforgiving streets of Cleveland, OH. While lost in substance-induced blackouts, jagged edges get honed for them by way of passion and gameness. This gritty tale of white, urban fiction illustrates law and authority governed by a ruthless underworld. An established Sicilian crime family, opposed by Irish mobsters, both get infiltrated by a charter of outlaw 1%ers. Pathological suspicion ignites nihilistic rage. Bombings light up dark skies. Revenge shootings fill local dumpsters. Lost in extremes, time pits old demons against newer versions of truth. While love presents itself in unlikely situations, an elusive concept of 'more' becomes familiar quicksand bearing unexpected results.