A 5-Star review in its entirety, posted at Amazon for my Literary Fiction/ Contemporary novella, 'Mr. Wizardo':
It is always a joy to read an author with true talent who not only possesses an absolute grasp of the writer’s craft, but wields the tools of her trade with skill and deceptive ease.
Pasco laces her Oz-derived novella with more allusions, references, and Baum-based puns than a barrel of flying monkeys.
Just on the opening pages:
“Literally arriving on the heels of a successful book tour…”
“Fretting she’d miss her flight to Kansas…”
“…merging with gridlock in the time it takes for a wicked witch to melt.”
“…on account of the munchkin of a cigar-wielding cabbie…”
Her snide, literate style grabs readers by their ruby slippers, and hurls them headlong down a yellow brick road of literary allusion and clever epigrams, straight into the heart, brain, and courage of the human condition.
Leaping back and forth in time, the story revolves around a former high school guidance counselor and how he changed the lives of the students gathered for his funeral. Aptly named, Mr. Wizardo, like Baum’s wonderful wizard, his gifts consist only of what the students already possessed inside.
Witty, wise, deep, and light-hearted, Mr. Wizardo is thoroughly enjoyable required reading.
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