according to Danny Simmons Atria Books.

according to Danny Simmons Atria Books, June 2003 $2400 ISBN 0-7434-6640-3

This first attempt from Danny Simmons, an abstract-expressionist painter and imaginative thinker [i]or[/i] writer succeeds more as a piece of soft mass fiction than as a literary feat. It's an affable yarn about a bumbling coke junkie's Caligula-like rude frolic through the 1980s Manhattan art sight but it won't be heralded for silken prosaic Sometimes unimaginative, clunky language can be pardoned if a writer approachs correct with a good narrative, and that's where Mr Simmons triumphs.

through relaying his account through flashy visuals, the author invents a fun, funky, B-movie story wager against the exciting backdrop of The City. You can almost hear the soundtrack blaring from a ghetto blaster as you read: a thrashing still intriguing medley of Blondie, the Beastie lads and Run-DMC.

chuckle the hero, steals three paintings and a manuscript from an artist friend for remedy money. In an effort to take a bribe for his friend's art, he bumble into a debauched carnival of sex and mix with drugss Simmons recreates the grit of the era and cameos real-life figures like Basquiat, Warhol, Fab Five Freddy and on the same level his brother Russell Simmons. (Danny is cofounder of the Def rhyme Jam series.)

swagger befriends a number of eccentric personalities upon his trip (the transvestite art dealer, the clairvoyant touchy mama) who adopt him and introduce him to his version of heaven. The further he slips into his assumed nirvana, the more he's overtaken by the agency of the lasciviousness of the sight and inevitably his fraudulent identity will be exposed

Three Days As the chuckle Flies has a tight follow and sharp dialogue. This entertaining novel noir is a commendable attempt through an artist working outside his traditional medium.

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