Welcome to Calapooia Press
What You Will Find Here
Calapooia Press features the books and e-books of Jacob Landes (the epic, mystic, and mythic) and Andrew Shaffer (the clean, smart, and funny). Our maiden offering is Mad, Mad Marjorie by Andrew Shaffer, available from Amazon.com. And click on Find Out More to go to the blog Mad, Mad Merryweather.
True Confessions
From Goodreads: " I do not even know how to start describing this book.....it is totally bizarre! The protagonist Marjorie is a person that you are not going to like at all! She is a sociopath hiding in an elder community which has a surprise of its own! This book is a world of insanity, over-the-top characters, humor, gangsters, spies, and black market ice cream! And that is just some of this world that Andrew Shaffer has built! I thought it was really funny & it made me think & the story moved at a very fast pace reaching an ending that I most certainly did not see coming! I recommend this book if you like weird & satirical & slightly futuristic & a lot of big words & definite insanity!! Top book for me!"
Also from Goodreads: " Mad, Mad Marjorie must be the ice cream flavor of this novel if it were one. The ingredients include milk, cream, sugar - with extra scoops of mayhem, mischief, double-crossing, and a generous sprinkle of nuts for topping. Marjorie Mayfield works in estate sales, has shady business ethics and additionally an insatiable appetite for premium ice cream. She's also in massive debt to a mob boss, with an offer to write it all off if she can capture a nemesis of his from several eons ago for him - besides the appeal of being debt-free, well does she really have a choice? Alas, kidnapping is not Marjorie's specialty and so it's time to pull out a tub of ice cream (or popcorn) as the plot thickens."
From Amazon: " This book is a little linguistic treasure trove. It is humorous, engaging, and entertaining from cover to cover. The author has rare command of the English language (and French, and…) he paints a lush backdrop filled with colorful characters. It is hard to put down, and would make a great gift."
Hear ye, hear ye
Mad, Mad Marjorie is available from all major on-line sellers, as well as many smaller venues. Remember to support local booksellers and small websites.