Bryan R. Hallett

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October 19, 2007, I would like to give special thanks to reporter Chris Clay of the Mississauga News for his interview of my novel's, Revenge from the Heart release...

Press Release!

By CHRIS CLAY,

Staff

 

One of the most common mantras in the world of books is to write about what you know.

It’s something Port Credit author Bryan Hallett took seriously when sitting down to pen his first novel, Revenge From The Heart.

Take, for example, the main character Joe Thompson.

He’s a martial arts instructor who gets caught up in a violent confrontation with a vicious criminal enterprise. Hallett said he served as a teacher at A-A long Park Tae Kwon-do in Mississauga and also studied to be a police officer before finding employment as a private investigator. In addition, he got his start in the realm of entertainment as an actor.

“I took as much of my previous training and experience as possible and put it into the book,” said Hallett. “I think Joe shares a lot of characteristics with me. I try to be an honest person who’s outgoing and also protective (and I) put that into the character Joe.”

In the novel, Thompson becomes romantically involved with a successful club owner, Angela Severino.

However, a jealous ex-boyfriend, Nick Rizzi, makes an appearance shortly after Joe and Angela get together. Further complicating matters is that Rizzi runs a major crime family and is more than willing to use violence to solve his problems.

Eventually, things come to a head between the two and Thompson is hurt badly and left for dead. Several months pass with no word from Thompson until he unexpectedly returns to New York City with revenge weighing heavily on both his mind and heart.

“Joe’s the type of person that I think is hard to find in the real world,” said Hallett;

The novel took the better part of three years to write and was published earlier this year.

Although it took a bit of time to finish, the writing came fairly easy for the first-time author. “When you take (parts of your-self) and put it into the storyline, it’s not too hard,” said Hallett. “It’s a dark novel with lots of action and twists. I think people will like it.”

The novel is available at Amazon.ca. It sells for $24.97.

 

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Critique from WritersLiterary – This information was provided by the Critic: Dylan Hock

Revenge from the Heart is a good title for this book, addressing the main action that binds both Nick and Joe to Angela. Revenge from the Heart is good, but can be a little overly dramatic. This manuscript has many overtones that echo film noir, a rather dramatic genre as they come, so your current title works quite well in that respect. (See Below.)

 

Revenge from the Heart is an action-packed suspense/thriller sure to intrigue hard-nosed mystery fans.

 

 

 

Film noir

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This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. John Alton, the film's cinematographer, created many of the iconic images of film noir.
This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. John Alton, the film's cinematographer, created many of the iconic images of film noir.

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography, while many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression.

The term film noir (French for "black film"), first applied to Hollywood movies by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was unknown to most American film industry professionals of the era. Cinema historians and critics defined the canon of film noir in retrospect; many of those involved in the making of the classic noirs later professed to be unaware of having created a distinctive type of film.