On the Side of the Road

(Paperback)

Available Formats

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

In the early 1970's in an impoverished section of Barranquilla, Columbia a young mother is forced to separate her twin baby boys. She devotes her life to her religion and her remaining son.
Circumstances brings her son into the clutches of the head of the Cali drug cartel and eventually onto the radar of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.

Author Bio

Born in The Bronx in 1950 Romano's writing career began at
age 58 with Fish Farm. Then INTERCESSION, a bloody
revenge thriller, which earned him the title of 2014 Foreword
Review Top Finalist. BESA, winning six international film
awards for its screenplay (2012 Winner: NYLA Int. Film
Festival: 2012 Winner: California Film Awards; Winner:
Bloody Hero Int. Film Festival; 2013 Winner: Paradigm
Script Pipeline: 2013 Winner: Best Script Honolulu Film
Awards) has been translated into Albanian from which the
word BESA is derived. It means the 'promise' or 'code'... an
organized crime novel. Romano has 19 published novels. John Gojcaj is of Albanian decent and was born in Skorraqi,
Montenegro. He lived much of his life in Detroit, Michigan
where he finished his college education. He's lived in New
York for the past thirty-eight years where he has enjoyed
a
career in engineering and construction. Gojcaj appeared in
several New York magazines doing promotional work for
Disney. Acting is one of his passions. Gojaj lives with his
growing family in Rockland County, New York. This is his
first nove