Christopher Amenta received his undergraduate degree from the
College of the Holy Cross and his MFA from Boston University, where
he has taught creative writing. Christopher is currently at work on
his second novel. He lives in Boston with his wife and
daughters.
Chris Andrew Ciulla is a versatile performer with over 50 audiobook
credits to his name. The genres of his titles range from
mystery/thriller to sci-fi, to fantasy and romance. He also excels
at sports-related nonfiction, being a former sports radio host and
frequent show guest. He's a boxing expert who is a commentator for
professional matches. In addition to frequent film, television, and
on-camera commercial work, Chris has voiced characters for the
popular video game titles Fallout 4 and Mafia III, and can be heard
in national commercial campaigns. AudioFile magazine reviewed a
recent performance: Narrator Chris Ciulla adopts a slight accent to
illustrate her Lithuanian roots and adds a slight tremulousness to
his timbre so that Ona sounds old but still spry and spirited . . .
Ciulla's open performance and slightly hurried pacing for the boy
perfectly translate his unfiltered but sweet nature . . . Quinn
didn't always fulfill his parental responsibilities but Ciulla
makes his fundamental decency and kindness clear to the listener.
The Cold Hard Light is a stark, Dostoyevskian tale of obsession and
the myriad of ways in which hatred corrupts the soul and, bit by
bit, chisels away at our humanity. H is a contemporary American
grotesque, a modern-day Raskolnikov, shaped and fueled by bigotry,
by his own failings, and the very 'white' sense of what he is owed
in the world and what he believe others have taken from him.
Twisted into a paranoid shell of a man, and, like Raskolnikov,
obsessed and subsumed by his own hatred and shame, H ultimately
exists within a prison all of his own making.-- "Thomas O'Malley,
author of This Magnificent Desolation"
Resonating with a dark, disturbing vision, The Cold Hard Light is
an ambitious novel. The story, Andrew Harrison's psychological
struggle, is told with insights and nuances. An impressive
accomplishment.-- "Ha Jin, National Book Award-winning author of
Waiting"
Christopher Amenta has done something remarkable with The Cold Hard
Light: he's told a crime story that doesn't make you feel like
you've heard it all before; a Boston story that actually feels like
Boston, and a revenge thriller that affords the hunter, the hunted,
and all the tragedies in between the courtesy of a beating heart.
Quite a debut.-- "Howard Bryant, author of Shut Out: A Story of
Race and Baseball in Boston"
The Cold Hard Light is a fascinating, compelling read--a book that
will haunt you long after you finish it. Amenta has a subtle,
captivating voice that carries the story beautifully. The
characters may remind you of Raymond Carver's half-beaten,
working-class survivors, but they're caught up in a tale that is
early George V. Higgins blue-collar noir. The novel's Boston, and
its modern-day service economy that chews up exhausted gofers
without a second thought, is the backdrop for a story of trauma,
conscience, hard choices, and the hand of fate. Amenta is a writer
to watch.-- "Jack O'Connell, author of Word Made Flesh and The
Resurrectionist "
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