Roxy

by Christopher Lesko

Told in the most original and bizarre way possible using Saturday Night Fever soundtrack song titles for chapter titles, Roxy is the story of Murray and his human made-to-order bride. Having Roxy in his life means Murray will finally be caught up in the game of life with everyone else his age. However, Murray must now face new challenges. Like, he wasn’t expecting Roxy to be delivered in a heart-shaped box with a list of assembly instructions.

105 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2018

About the author

Growing up in rural Northeast Ohio allowed Christopher Lesko’s imagination freedom to run wild. After graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for video production, he independently produced 1st CRAZY—a feature-length documentary that screened at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. While living in Wilmington, North Carolina for eleven years, he further developed creative outlets as a landscape photographer, abstract painter, and most recently as an indie author and graphic designer. He currently lives in Ohio.

Reviews

[Janie · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's a sucker born every day. Take Murray. Desperate to meet the love of his life, he orders a mail order bride on the web. Murray doesn't think it's strange that his bride arrives in a heart shaped box. Why wouldn't she need to be assembled? Bags of meat, innards and fluids don't hinder Murray's enthusiasm. He builds her in the bathtub. Too bad he doesn't have a clue about anatomy. But suddenly .... here's Roxy, and she is MORE THAN A WOMAN! Murray loves disco, and the author thoughtfully titled each chapter after a Saturday Night Fever song. Now Murray has a party girl to play with, and every night it's NIGHT FEVER, NIGHT FEVER, you know how to show it! Disco dancing? Yes, please! Cupcakes and whit zin? All the time! Dead embryos? Oops. Murray should have used giblets, or at least brushed up on his anatomy lessons.

This book is crazy fun from the beginning to the end. Christopher Lesko has a way of writing that reels me in from the first word and keeps me entertained until the very end. Read this book. Dude, there's a real live DISCO INFERNO! Dance!

[John Gibbons · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cool book with lots of disco and parties. It starts off as a weird little tale that seems based in reality and then slips into a surreal dream-like state in the last quarter. I dig Lesko's writing style. Approachable, void of pretentiousness, and yet still intelligent. Highly recommended.