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David Drum is the author of the satirical novel, Introducing the Richest Family in America. His historical literary romance, Heathcliff: The Lost Years, will be released in September 30, 2019, by Burning Books Press.
HEATHCLIFF: THE LOST YEARS
Heathcliff: The Lost Years traces the fascinating story of what happened to Heathcliff after he left Wuthering Heights for three years.
The passionate young hero of Wuthering Heights fled his adopted home beaten-down, penniless, and with a sorely broken heart.
Three years later, he returned a rich and ruthless gentleman. Heathcliff never told anyone the story of what so dramatically changed him.
Heathcliff: The Lost Years is the untold story at the heart of Wuthering Heights. It is a story of a man haunted by love, and an 18th Century romantic adventure that takes the reader to the rough and tumble seaport of Liverpool, on a slave ship to Africa, to harrowing adventures and a mutiny at sea, to the fleshpots and slave auctions of Jamaica, and finally to London where he meets a beautiful woman who might change his life.
"Drum admirably succeeds at spinning an interesting tale, while also explaining Heathcliff's unexplored transformation in Wuthering Heights. Fans of Bronte's novel will enjoy considering these intriguing possibilities."
BLUE INK REVIEW August 2019
Complete review, CLICK HERE
"A debut historical novel fills a mysterious three-year gap in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. ...A diffident but ultimately entertaining exploration of a famous literary lacuna."
KIRKUS REVIEWS September 2019
Complete review, CLICK HERE
The passionate young hero of Wuthering Heights fled his adopted home beaten-down, penniless, and with a sorely broken heart.
Three years later, he returned a rich and ruthless gentleman. Heathcliff never told anyone the story of what so dramatically changed him.
Heathcliff: The Lost Years is the untold story at the heart of Wuthering Heights. It is a story of a man haunted by love, and an 18th Century romantic adventure that takes the reader to the rough and tumble seaport of Liverpool, on a slave ship to Africa, to harrowing adventures and a mutiny at sea, to the fleshpots and slave auctions of Jamaica, and finally to London where he meets a beautiful woman who might change his life.
"Drum admirably succeeds at spinning an interesting tale, while also explaining Heathcliff's unexplored transformation in Wuthering Heights. Fans of Bronte's novel will enjoy considering these intriguing possibilities."
BLUE INK REVIEW August 2019
Complete review, CLICK HERE
"A debut historical novel fills a mysterious three-year gap in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. ...A diffident but ultimately entertaining exploration of a famous literary lacuna."
KIRKUS REVIEWS September 2019
Complete review, CLICK HERE
INTRODUCING THE RICHEST FAMILY IN AMERICA
High in the dry California hills above the fashionable village of Montecito, slipping in and out of enormous mansions on Swizzle Stick Road, an eccentric wealthy family is under siege.
In David Drum's whimsical comic novel, Introducing the Richest Family in America, a crooked lawyer, a beautiful Chinese pro golfer, and a celebrity-mad plastic surgeon conspire to convince a wealthy family’s eccentric patriarch to move his manufacturing plants from the U.S. to China.
As the conspiracy clicks into place, the beautiful pro golfer romances the old billionaire across Europe. But their ditzy continent-hopping romp from Paris to Shanghai catches the attention of the black sheep of the family, and he doesn’t like it.
What follows is a brutally funny comedy of grandiose intentions, half-baked revenge, and heroic upper crust foolishness seasoned with a ditzy cross-cultural romance. Introducing the Richest Family in America runs a knee-slapping gauntlet of greed, betrayal and desire as America’s richest family teeters precariously on the edge of dissolution.
For more information, CLICK HERE.
"RIVETING!"
--Midwest Book Review
In David Drum's whimsical comic novel, Introducing the Richest Family in America, a crooked lawyer, a beautiful Chinese pro golfer, and a celebrity-mad plastic surgeon conspire to convince a wealthy family’s eccentric patriarch to move his manufacturing plants from the U.S. to China.
As the conspiracy clicks into place, the beautiful pro golfer romances the old billionaire across Europe. But their ditzy continent-hopping romp from Paris to Shanghai catches the attention of the black sheep of the family, and he doesn’t like it.
What follows is a brutally funny comedy of grandiose intentions, half-baked revenge, and heroic upper crust foolishness seasoned with a ditzy cross-cultural romance. Introducing the Richest Family in America runs a knee-slapping gauntlet of greed, betrayal and desire as America’s richest family teeters precariously on the edge of dissolution.
For more information, CLICK HERE.
"RIVETING!"
--Midwest Book Review