Synopses & Reviews
Phillywood is a suspense tale that takes place in Philadelphia, Westchester, New York City, Washington, and Boston. Hoagland Barton (named for a hoagie sandwich) has written a classic novel at the age of twenty. The book gets in the hands of literary pirates headquartered in Philadelphia. The original manuscript is stolen, so he has no evidence, and the book was actually released in foreign countries that Hoagland knows little about. Besides the manuscript mystery, Hoagland knows a string of women who don't believe in true love, so when the manuscript is returned and published independently, Hoagland celebrates with his mother.
About the Author
Scott Martin was born in New York City in 1952, the younger son of a trWashington for two years. In 1959 the Martins moved to Hastings-on-HUdson, Westchester County, New York. Scott attended public schools here through 1970. In 1971 Scott studied poetry and drama at Grove Street College in Oakland, CA. Later he took important courses a t The New School, York College (in Jamaica, Queens) and New York University. Scott is married and has one daughter.