New Fiction Follows an Actors Journey of Incarceration

Clearlake, California, August 4, 2015 (Newswire.com) - In the late 1970s, struggling actor Jack Kearney was part of a world’s first experiment; to help the head of his own weekly  workshop as she conducts  a weekend improvisation workshop for inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc, California. It was an educational feat that had never been attempted before, and left all involved with a host of new perspectives on their lives and the world around them.

But Kearney couldn’t shake one thought; what if, by a sick twist of fate, he wound up back behind the twelve-foot stone walls as an inmate? A true creative visionary, Kearney has rekindled the idea after almost four decades and turned it into a compelling new thriller.

The aptly-titled ‘Inside Out’ plays Kearney’s fantasy out with gripping aplomb; words of warning for anyone who thinks staying on the ‘outside’ is a right.

Synopsis:

As an actor, Danny Belson has played many criminal types, but as the prisoner transport bus pulls out of the LA county jail, the realization of his conviction overwhelms him. The irony is that only six months ago he taught an acting workshop at the same institution he is now going to be incarcerated in. Danny had been chosen to take part in California's answer to New Jersey's highly acclaimed “Scared Straight” by actually working with the inmates of the Medium Security Federal Prison in Lompoc. In his short stay, Danny made some interesting friends as well as unforgiving enemies.

INSIDE OUT introduces the reader to multitude of characters. Some are good, some are bad, and a few are just evil. This is a book of fiction based on events that happen to inmates on a daily basis. It is a fictional account of what happens to an “Everyman” that gets caught up in a system deliberately designed to treat all felons the same.

Utilizing a groundbreaking format, Follow Danny as he goes from a care free beach volleyball loving, pool shooting, actor, who's only worry is knowing when his next audition will come, to a convicted murderer. Written using flashbacks, with no chapters, learn what a struggling actor goes through, and how, after his incarceration, Danny's life is turned INSIDE OUT.

“I believe that this is the first book to take an absolute non-criminal type and toss him into a situation where he knows some of the inmates already ,” explains Kearney. “Ironically, because of the workshop he has made some friends as well as enemies. When his foes attack him, his friends help to avenge his attackers. Readers will be tormented with this dilemma and hopefully be left with plenty to think about in their own lives.”

Continuing, “There’s no chapters, giving the narrative a vivid cinematic feel that has forced many beta readers to consume it in a single sitting. Told through a series of flashbacks, it’s a totally-unique reading experience. Oh yes…for those with a vengeance streak…there’s a stop-at-nothing ‘payback’ in the prison. Whether they succeed or not depends on you reading the book!”

With the novel expected to see high demand, interested readers are urged to secure their copies as soon as possible.

‘Inside Out’, from Page Publishing, is available now on Amazon