Global Anger Author Attends BookExpo America in NYC

Online, May 28, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Debut novelist Kent Politsch joins hundreds of other book writers, publishers, literary agents, bookstore owners and librarians at this year's BookExpo America and the Combined Book Exhibit officially titled the 9th Annual BEA New Title Showcase. The international event is held in New York City's Javits Center May 30 - June 1.

"This is an exciting adventure for a rookie novelist looking to expose my work to potential readers," said Politsch, a public affairs official with the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. "Global Anger took more than two years to research and write. It was a challenge with a demanding career and family travels. I'm attending BEA to see if my investment can generate some interest with people who market novels like mine to the public."

Politsch is quick to point out how much changed in the world between June 2010 when he started writing Global Anger and September 2012 when the book was published.

"Although fiction, I wanted to make it timely by connecting it to real events," Politsch said. "I had to rewrite several pages because things changed. The U.S. found and killed Osama bin Laden, Muammar al-Qaddafi died while trying to maintain his stronghold in Libya; Egypt's Mubarak gone; Tunisia's Ben Ali vanished. Meantime, at home, people tried to occupy Wall Street. I had to keep the news on during the week and make notes so that I remembered to fix the text each weekend."

The news in Politsch's Global Anger is worth noting as well. A 14-year-old boy is beaten and shot in the back as part of a Baltimore street-gang initiation. An assassin takes aim at the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for reasons unknown. And a conniving small-business lender stirs extreme resentment with his gouging interest rates and aggressive collection practices. Tensions mount quickly. Anger and the way people deal with its stress is a central but subtle theme of this complex story that also poses a larger what-if challenge.

At the heart of the antagonism is a Los Angeles billionaire with a goal to dominate world affairs. He vainly believes his view of international matters trumps that of individual nations and their cultural influences. It is the relationship between two middle-aged men - DC federal bureaucrat Jack Fitzgerald and his long-time college friend Baltimore cop Rodney Armstrong - that helps to untangle the well-plotted economic conspiracy.

Politsch's story transports the reader on a global adventure from Korea to Madagascar to Libya and the Cayman Islands. He creates a spirited, almost reckless involvement from a team of teenage basketball players. Their street-smart courage plays into Fitzgerald and Armstrong's mission. The teenagers wrestle a shipment of drugs from a grizzled Baltimore gang after learning a secret from a snitch. The misfit team of "ballers" score the first points in a game of dangerous excitement that helps Fitzgerald and Armstrong unwittingly unravel an international connection.

Kent Politsch, a 40-year veteran of broadcast journalism and public affairs management, also spent many years as a volunteer coach assisting his teams to AAU state championships. Politsch became a federal employee in 2005 when he joined USDA's Farm Service Agency. He uses his background to weave these eclectic experiences together in a suspenseful story already earning 5-star reviews for its page-turning intrigue. Find Global Anger at www.kentpolitsch.com.