About the Book - Sick Sacraments - Authors Note

the forward

Sacramento History. How was it growing up in the 1990’s on the west Coast of the USA;  melancholia, techno, grunge, Foucault.  The effects of Ronald Reagan’s neoliberalism or Reaganomics on the economy to Representative Newt Gingrich screaming, if you are not with us, you’re are against us. 

The stories in Sick Sacraments provides an insight how the current political polarization in the USA has occurred.  

Interpreted through two artists Micky and Denver who are trying to define their roles in a society that is splitting between the virtual and the reality. Micky and Denver are atheists, anarchists, feminists, hedonists, humanists and socialists but they do not know it. For them, the ideal is dead and history is over.

They have been indoctrinated in the democratic, capitalist society and realize that the rest of the world is already there or moving politically in that direction. There is not much more for which to fight for, let alone get excited about. For them, life is about about getting through the day, keeping the collection agency at bay and trying to live a meaningful life. So it is for Micky and Denver in Sacramento, a metropolitan city that could

be any small city on this planet.

A year in the life of two artists who have decided that something to do is better than going along to get along. Denver always striving to appeal, but only willing to do it his way. Micky, lost in a Galaxy, his life is focused on the concept and the realization of the art work. Nothing else matters to him. Their story is trapped in a time-loop, where something does happen almost and when finally something does, it borders on virtual. For which, Micky and Denver have to constantly remind themselves that their reality is the truth.

about the book

Sick Sacraments tells the story of a year in paradise. Time is told through the seasons. It can be read in a-round manner, started at any chapter and followed through.

In capitalist societies dominated by neoliberalism, the person and the product are the most important.Merchants have no country. To enhance this belief, I have only capitalized personal and company names. Place names appear in the lower case.

We are all connected, for most of us there are only one to three degrees of separation between us.

It is for this reason that every character in the book appears at least twice. Either in the story itself or

in the various Talk Shows throughout the book. Of course, any similarity between those living and the

characters in this book is simply a coincidence.

special thanks

I thank the editor Amy J. Klement for believing in the first manuscript and following

it through to this final edit. Without her dedication, I would have never learned to write well and you would not have had this contemporary version of a great American novel in your hands.

Enjoy the Read.

Theodor di Ricco

2021

p.s. If you would like the entire book as .pdf file, which can be printed at a copy shop, 

please send your request to:

Theodor di Ricco

gallerysotodo@googlemail.com