Book Signing for Daniel Putkowski's novel An Island Away October 4, 2008

Join Philadelphia author Daniel Putkowski as he signs his popular, Aruba-based novel An Island Away at the 6th Annual Collingswood Book Festival, Oct 4. A vivid tale of flexible morality unfolds in Aruba, and you are invited along for the ride. In his novel, An Island Away, Daniel Putkowski takes us far from the sparkling beaches and glamorous hotels of his small Caribbean isle, to a waning refinery boomtown of barroom brothels, flexible morality, and one tourist trap known as Charlie’s Bar. In a place that’s more Wild West than tropical paradise, we meet Luz, a young Colombian mother working as a prostitute to pay off her family’s debt, and Sam, an American expatriate looking to perpetuate his flamboyant youth. Together they find Captain Nathan Beck, washed ashore and barely alive after his tugboat sinks in a storm. For each of them, the town of San Nicolaas provides hope amid desperation. It all unfolds under Charlie’s watchful eye. He knows that on his desert island you have to improvise.

Official Website: http://www.danielputkowski.com