Author David Biesty

 Thanks to Steve S for posting this second review of The Problem at the Orphanage . Cut and pasted here: I really liked this book. Great story and really well-developed characters. You will not want to put it down once you start.

 August 3, I received first review of my new novel, The Problem at the Orphanage, from Andrew. Four stars, reposted here: I read David Biesty's first novel, The Outcast Missing Someone, and thought the author's strong points were his description of time and place (in that case 1990's Lower East Side) and his character development. In this, his second book, Biesty again succeeds in both respects. The "orphanage" is this walled-in world where nothing is really as it seems. The main character, Artie, is presented as an almost tragically plain everyman and must confront this dystopian institution while conducting a school review for the state. Biesty switches POV between a handful of interesting characters and I found myself eagerly anticipating getting back into each character's mind whenever the story turned back to their POV. From the more straight forward approach of his first novel, Biesty switches gear here and constructs a Stephen King type plot line full

 My new novel,  The Problem at the Orphanage, went live on Amazon today. 

Paul on Good Reads gave my book, The Outcast Missing Someone , five stars and a really nice review I am reposting here. David Biesty has created a rich and realistic world filled with a colorful cast of characters who are doing their best to survive in New York City. The book explores fate and grief and the strength and resiliency of the human condition. We grow to love the conflicted and complicated narrator and to fall along with him every time he gets knocked flat on his back. I didn’t want to put the book down, but instead rushed toward the unexpected yet highly satisfying and somehow inevitable ending. This may be the author’s first book, but hopefully it won’t be his last.

 Thank You to Larry Johnson who gave me a 5 Sar Rating and a very nice review. He also included some editing tips, which I appreciate. Copy and pasted here: Larry Johnson A very good first novel August 27, 2021 Format : Paperback This book has excellent characters and an interesting plot. If it seems not to have much point early, stick with it. You'll be rewarded. Biesty is a master at creating a sense of simultaneous working-class struggle and aimlessness, and his main character, Dan Carolan, is a polished and practiced cynic with good reason to be. His roommates are a circus of users who take petty advantage of one another and are mostly jerks. This is an excellent first novel. I found it interesting that Biesty is retired from the New York City Fire Department. A note to the editors: Hemingway either has one M or two. Can't be both. And "dieing" doesn't mean to change the color of something. Excellent book, though, and a lively read.

 Thanks to F. Rochford for the nice words about The Outcast Missing Someone on Good Reads. I repost his five star review here: A great read. The characters are well developed and the dialogue rings true. Great summer read!