A Kingdom of Madness

"A highly respected Philadelphia doctor's act of personal greed and folly leads to the near destruction of his four children. When his first born, Spec Davis, seeks answers from the father who abandoned him at the age of six, he discovers a bizarre scene of squalor and dysfunction. Living in his truck, he escapes into an alcoholic decline, when a peculiar stroke of fate gives him a second chance. A stunning first novel of love and redemption.

âA Kingdom of Madness is a dark and haunting family drama, a complex tapestry that is absorbing and intriguing from its opening pages to its uplifting denouement. Linda Levy displays her narrative gift in this strong first novel.â

-Linda Fairstein, former prosecutor and bestselling author of the Alexandra Cooper crime novels

âIn lucid and elegant prose with a sensitivity to the nuances of childhood imagination, Linda Levy's A Kingdom of Madness portrays the realism of a small town dysfunctional family whose three children nevertheless survive in a magical world of their own creation. Each character, from the tyrannical father to the local storekeeper, so brilliantly conceived, will live on in that memorable realm of the best literature.â

- Paula Deitz, Editor of The Hudson Review"