Summary:
James A. Mangum was a sky marshal and special agent with the federal government. His first novel, Dead and Dying Angels, has been optioned for film by Hollywood producer, Bruce Gilbert
July 31, 2005 (Press Release) --
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lottchen Shivers
845-876-8791
lottchen@earthlink.net
FIRST NOVEL OPTIONED FOR FILM BY BRUCE GILBERT
Dead and Dying Angels by James A. Mangum, a riveting novel set in Texas, has just been optioned for film a month before publication by producer Bruce Gilbert. Dead and Dying Angels will be published on March 2 by John M. Hardy Publishing. Gilbert, who read to book in two sittings, says… "A few weeks ago, a writer friend of mine, who had randomly come across a reviewer's copy of the book, lent it to me. From the first paragraph I became captivated by the character of Jamey Maxwell. Over the ensuing pages, in the skilled hands of writer James Mangum, a
transformational story unfolded in ways both fascinating and unexpected. I was transfixed and the moment I put the book down I decided to try
and bring Jim's work to the screen."
.
Bruce Gilbert's films have garnered six Academy Awards, 25 Academy Award nominations (two for Best Picture), a Golden Globe for Best Picture, and the prestigious Humanitas Award.
Gilbert's career highlights include Coming Home with Jane Fonda and Jon Voight; The China Syndrome with Michael Douglas; 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda; and On Golden Pond with Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda. His film credits also include Rollover, The Morning After, Man Trouble and Jack the Bear. Gilbert's television credits include the series Nine to Five, the Emmy-winning
mini-series The Dollmaker and the telefilm By Dawn's Early Light.
Dead and Dying Angels, Part One of the Dos Cruces Trilogy, was acquired by Mike Hardy of John M. Hardy Publishing, a small Texas publisher, when he was deluged with manuscripts after publishing A Thousand Country Roads by Robert James Waller, the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. He read the first page of Mangum’s first novel and was hooked.
Dead and Dying Angels is narrated by Jamey Maxwell who is about to commit suicide when the novel begins. Maxwell is an ex-customs agent who has lost his wife and two daughters and, in an effort to escape his grief, has moved to the tiny village of Dos Cruces, Texas, “located exactly in the middle of nowhere.” Maxwell lives there, running a small oil and gas business left to him by his father, when strange things begin to happen, mostly bad things. As Maxwell says, “Purgatory for some lost souls may look a whole lot like Dos Cruces, Texas.”
Maxwell blames it all on a deal he made with God when he was nine years old. He now realizes it was a one-sided agreement – and not in his favor. After he is implicated in a brutal rape and murder, Maxwell turns his until now grieving attention to clearing his name and tracking down the real murderers. With a voice that is fresh and wry and a story that is absolutely engrossing, Mangum takes on many of the fundamental questions of life – love, redemption, hope, despair, grief, vengeance, guilt, and God – while Maxwell takes the law into his own hands. Only one question remains: is Jamey Maxwell an avenging angel or is he insane?
DEAD AND DYING ANGELS
by James A. Mangum
John M. Hardy Publishing
March 2, 2005 ? $19.95 ? 213 pages ? ISBN 0-9717667-2-X
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lottchen Shivers
845-876-8791
lottchen@earthlink.net
FIRST NOVEL OPTIONED FOR FILM BY BRUCE GILBERT
Dead and Dying Angels by James A. Mangum, a riveting novel set in Texas, has just been optioned for film a month before publication by producer Bruce Gilbert. Dead and Dying Angels will be published on March 2 by John M. Hardy Publishing. Gilbert, who read to book in two sittings, says… "A few weeks ago, a writer friend of mine, who had randomly come across a reviewer's copy of the book, lent it to me. From the first paragraph I became captivated by the character of Jamey Maxwell. Over the ensuing pages, in the skilled hands of writer James Mangum, a
transformational story unfolded in ways both fascinating and unexpected. I was transfixed and the moment I put the book down I decided to try
and bring Jim's work to the screen."
.
Bruce Gilbert's films have garnered six Academy Awards, 25 Academy Award nominations (two for Best Picture), a Golden Globe for Best Picture, and the prestigious Humanitas Award.
Gilbert's career highlights include Coming Home with Jane Fonda and Jon Voight; The China Syndrome with Michael Douglas; 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda; and On Golden Pond with Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda. His film credits also include Rollover, The Morning After, Man Trouble and Jack the Bear. Gilbert's television credits include the series Nine to Five, the Emmy-winning
mini-series The Dollmaker and the telefilm By Dawn's Early Light.
Dead and Dying Angels, Part One of the Dos Cruces Trilogy, was acquired by Mike Hardy of John M. Hardy Publishing, a small Texas publisher, when he was deluged with manuscripts after publishing A Thousand Country Roads by Robert James Waller, the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. He read the first page of Mangum’s first novel and was hooked.
Dead and Dying Angels is narrated by Jamey Maxwell who is about to commit suicide when the novel begins. Maxwell is an ex-customs agent who has lost his wife and two daughters and, in an effort to escape his grief, has moved to the tiny village of Dos Cruces, Texas, “located exactly in the middle of nowhere.” Maxwell lives there, running a small oil and gas business left to him by his father, when strange things begin to happen, mostly bad things. As Maxwell says, “Purgatory for some lost souls may look a whole lot like Dos Cruces, Texas.”
Maxwell blames it all on a deal he made with God when he was nine years old. He now realizes it was a one-sided agreement – and not in his favor. After he is implicated in a brutal rape and murder, Maxwell turns his until now grieving attention to clearing his name and tracking down the real murderers. With a voice that is fresh and wry and a story that is absolutely engrossing, Mangum takes on many of the fundamental questions of life – love, redemption, hope, despair, grief, vengeance, guilt, and God – while Maxwell takes the law into his own hands. Only one question remains: is Jamey Maxwell an avenging angel or is he insane?
DEAD AND DYING ANGELS
by James A. Mangum
John M. Hardy Publishing
March 2, 2005 ? $19.95 ? 213 pages ? ISBN 0-9717667-2-X
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