This was truly such an INCREDIBLE first adult novel, and I cannot wait to see what future works from Kozlowsky will bring!” -Sophie Rinzler, () “Not only is this one of my current favorite psychological thrillers, but also one of my all-time favorite books. I can’t say that I would change a single thing about this book, and I’m glad I read it.” -Lora Fitzpatrich, NetGalley, Five Stars () Again, the author was very skillful at making his characters feel legitimate and empathetic. The characters were not very likeable even most of the time, so if that is something you have to have in order to enjoy the story, this book might not be for you. I will say that this book stayed with me as few others have. I thought I had things figured out fairly early on, but there was just enough doubt caused by alcohol and drug use, that I was never entirely positive what was real, and because of the nature of the story, “real”almost escapes definition. The author was extremely skillful in keeping you guessing up until almost the last minute. The journey to get the answers that the protagonist thinks he wants has a lot of surprises along the way, as you kind of knew it would. That led me to believe this was definitely going to be a case of “be careful what you wish for.” I hoped for tinges of maybe “The Twilight Zone”and the darker side of “Fantasy Island”. “I chose to listen to this book because of the first line of the description: Never trust other people’s memories, and watch out for your own. “Michael Paul Kozlowsky’s brutally eccentric Scarecrow Has a Gun is a masterclass in Cartesian storytelling-simultaneously evoking Christopher Nolan’s clockwork precision and JG Ballard’s ultra-modern sense of irony, Kozlowsky has bestowed upon our cultural landscape a Rashomon for our Post-Truth, Mandela Effect-ed times.” -Jeff Chon, author of Hashtag Good Guy With a Gun () Scarecrow Has a Gun is positively Neapolitan!” -Nick Mamatas, author of The Second Shooter () “An intriguing, existential mystery, an exploration of an unhappy marriage, and a paranoid science fiction thriller. Add it to your own memory palace today.” -Brett Riley, author of Comanche, Lord of Order, and Freaks. The tense, well-paced plot and strong characterizations make this book a must-read. “In Scarecrow Has a Gun, Michael Paul Kozlowsky has created a whodunit wrapped inside sci-fi story and blended with a compelling and clear-eyed examination of how memory works. “Michael Paul Kozlowsky takes a completely impossible premise, brings it to life as plausible and forces the reader to reassess everything they thought of as tangible and real…Incredible character development, a unique and clever plot, and twists the reader won’t see coming make this an early contender for the Best of 2022.” -Misty Doy, () Ballard and Paolo Coelho chained together in a basement while a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, Scarecrow Has a Gun is at once disquieting and illuminating, eerie and sincere.” -Martin Seay, award-winning author of The Mirror Thief () Suffused with an atmosphere that suggests J.G. Michael Paul Kozlowsky is admirably wary of these enticements, and has put that uneasiness at the heart of this book. A host of technologies exists to reassure us otherwise-novels, to be fair, among them-and each, like an invited demon, ultimately behaves according to its own proclivities. “The coherent self is a fiction: a fairytale we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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