Today, HumorOutcasts Press is thrilled to launch the Tunnel and the Cake –the third novel from the talented author, writer and comic Brian Kiley. As with his first two novels The Astounding Misadventures of Rory Collins and Maybe Kevin, Brian displays his amazing gift for storytelling. This novel is available on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle formats and other online and retail outlets as well.
Book Description:
“I’m trying not to let the tunnel ruin my life. It’s already ruined both my marriages, and it’s ruined much of the last forty years. I’m trying not to let it ruin the rest. You do a stupid thing when you’re thirteen and it shouldn’t haunt you forever.”
And yet it does. It’s the late 1970s. Young Luke Duncan’s crush on his neighbor, a girl two years ahead of him in school, triggers an elaborate plan to be her protector and win her love. Over the course of an academic year, the plan grows from a daydream to single-minded attempts to execute his mission. Brian Kiley’s novel, a complex and moving story told by adult Luke, revisits how young Luke’s actions caused fissures throughout his small-town world, fissures that resulted in an implosion that reverberated through his family, his friends, and his future.
Brian Kiley Bio:
Brian Kiley is a two-time Emmy winner who wrote for many years on Conan and for the final season of Ellen. As a stand-up comedian he has made numerous appearances on David Letterman, Conan and the Tonight Show. He was once featured in the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle and he is slightly allergic to cats.