Synopsis

The protagonist of our story, set in New York City is Phillip Carelli. His life was cut short when, at only 19, he is shot down in the street. The police are unable to find a motive for his murder or uncover a single lead to the hooded figure who shot him. When Phillip’s aunt Eleanor, an internationally renowned biologist, and researcher, is notified of his death she moves quickly to have his body shipped to her lab deep in the Amazon Rainforest. Driven by her love for her nephew and a need to understand the very nature of “Life” she renews a line of experimentation she had sworn an oath as a young scientist to abandon. Though she is keenly aware of both the dangers and the consequences she works tirelessly to perfect the procedure. When she is convinced that the process will work, she sets aside her fears and uses it to resurrect her nephew. But he is no longer the boy she raised. She has changed him into a living skeleton. As Phillip overcomes the shock of what has happened to him and works to gain control over his new form, he begins to develop a plan to make good use of his powers. Over his aunt’s objections, he returns to New York and tracks down his first love, Joan-Mary Frazier. He recruits her and her current lover, an older professor named Tony Seppilli, to help him execute his plan. Things become complicated when Alida Sibley, a former research partner of Eleanor Carelli, learns of Phillip’s existence and sets a plan in motion to destroy him and exact revenge on Eleanor. As the founder and Director of an “alternative” clinic that is recognized as a leader in the treatment of rare psychological disorders, Alida Sibley has been secretly experimenting on some of her more dangerous patients. Rather than curing them she has used her considerable skill to move them so deep into their classic paranoia that little remains of their humanity. Christopher Kier doesn’t think he is a Vampire, he is a Vampire. Ready to feast on anyone who dares to cross him. Little remains of the man his family knew as John Marchione. He is now an animal. A Werewolf, without conscience or compassion. Dan Carnahan, consumed by an ancient desire to survive beyond the grave, has become the living manifestation of a Mummy. Believing he can extend his own life by ripping it away from others. “Killing Machines” at the beckon call of their Master: Dr. Alida Sibley. Through every twist and turn, a showdown is coming. And once again, the Observation Deck of the Empire State Building will be the stage of an epic battle.

Il protagonista della storia, ambientata a New York, è Phillip Carelli, un ragazzo morto a 19 anni, ucciso in strada da un killer incappucciato senza un apparente perché: la polizia non riesce a identificare il suo assassino, né a svelare il mistero dietro la sua morte. La zia di Phillip, Eleanor Ruth Carelli, è una biologa e ricercatrice scientifica di fama internazionale: avventurosamente costei riesce a trasportare il corpo di Phil al suo laboratorio nella foresta amazzonica, dove ha perfezionato un’audace sperimentazione che da giovane studentessa aveva giurato di abbandonare. Guidata da un profondo amore per il nipote e dalla necessità di comprendere la natura della vita umana, riporta Phillip alla vita, trasformandolo in uno scheletro vivente, pur consapevole dei notevolissimi rischi che la cosa comporta. Non appena Phillip riesce a superare lo shock di ciò che è accaduto e a ottenere il controllo sulla sua nuova forma di esistenza, si rende conto di avere una “missione” da compiere, stufo anche dei cliché con i quali cinema e letteratura hanno ritratto fino ad oggi i “mostri”. Rientrato dal Sud America a New York City, rintraccia il suo primo amore, Joan Mary-Frazier e l’attuale compagno di lei, il professor Tony Seppilli: li recluta entrambi per eseguire al meglio il suo programma. Le cose si complicano ulteriormente quando Alida Sibley, una ex compagna di università di Eleanor Carelli, viene a conoscenza del fatto e, per ragioni che verranno svelate gradatamente, definisce un piano per distruggere Phillip e placare una certa sete di vendetta. Alida è la fondatrice di una clinica “alternativa” specializzata nel trattamento di rari disturbi psicologici tramite ipnosi ed è più che disposta a servirsi anche dei suoi pazienti per tessere la sua trama omicida che si allarga a macchia d’olio, coinvolgendo l’intera città: tra questi pazienti, ne sceglie tre, Christopher Kier, John Marchione e Dan Carnahan, rispettivamente un fotografo, un macellaio e un antiquario che trasforma con metodi originali in suoi tremendi emissari, un vampiro, un lupo mannaro e una mummia.La resa dei conti tra molteplici colpi di scena avviene sulla terrazza dell’ Empire State Building.

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Chapter 1
It was raining in the city. Not that annoying, on again off again rain, but a steady, heavy, soul-depressing rain. A New York rain. Low rumbles of thunder could be heard in the distance. The air was heavy with the smell of rain; wet streets, wet bricks, and wet garbage, mixing with the smells of freshly baked rolls and steaming pots of homemade soup. As complex as a perfume concocted from fields of daisies and sour piles of dirty laundry. Even with the windows closed, the smell filled the speeding taxi as it made its way from LaGuardia Airport to the Upper East Side.
On the dashboard, a small placard proudly displayed a picture of the driver and his name, Bhupesh Dasgupta. He had escaped the caste system of his native India but still wore his tightly wrapped silk turban. It was as much a part of him as his dark eyes and neatly trimmed beard. Bhupesh loved to talk, and he was very proud of his English. If you asked him, he would tell you he spoke it perfectly. If you asked most of his passengers, they would say they couldn’t understand half of what he said and weren’t the slightest bit interested in the other half. But tonight, he was silent. These passengers made him so nervous he’d turned up the radio to cover the silence.
In the backseat, a thin, gloved hand wiped the fog off the window and let in just a little more of the harshly colored city lights. Bhupesh could barely make out the gaunt form wrapped in a trench coat, staring absentmindedly at the passing signs. This passenger seemed fascinated by the foul-smelling steam pouring from the manhole covers and the promises made by the flashing neon signs. The “World’s Greatest Food,” “Best Prices,” and “Buy One Get One Free” without telling you what the “One” was. He sat there, quietly ignoring the noise of the radio. What Bhupesh didn’t know was that his mysterious passenger had sensed his discomfort. Fortunately for the cabby, he didn’t care what he’d sensed. He just sat “quietly” and let the city flash by.
A long black scarf was wrapped around his neck, and a wide-brimmed black hat hid most of his face. Even though it was dark, the man wore mirrored sunglasses. The only things visible were his long, beaked nose, a bushy mustache, and long stringy hair that fell to his shoulders. Bhupesh loved old American movies and he often compared his passengers to characters from them. This guy looked vaguely like Jean-Hugues Anglade had in Killing Zoe.
The other passenger was a woman who looked to be in her mid-sixties. She was refined, petite, and extremely uncomfortable. She sat pressed against the door as if she wanted to be as far away from Beak Nose as possible. There was one other passenger in the backseat. It was in a cage. It sat between the man and the woman like a barrier. The driver had no idea what was in it, but even over the stench of the streets, he could smell it. It smelled wild, and it smelled dangerous.
The sounds in the cab all seemed to be getting louder. The music, the noise from the street, and even the cabby’s GPS with its annoying British voice. Bhupesh bit down on his lip when he realized he was talking to himself. Not that his passengers cared—they apparently had nothing to say to each other, much less him. As he pulled up to a red light, he took another look into his rear view mirror. The street lights illuminated the woman’s face. She had her head turned away from him, so he took his time looking. She seemed to be watching the rain drops make their way down the window, but her body was very tense. Bhupesh could see she was gripping her purse so tightly her long pale fingers had turned white.
She looked like a school teacher in her perfectly tailored, gunmetal gray suit, her perfectly appropriate oval glasses on a perfect little gold chain and a ring with perfectly matched sapphires on her middle finger. She even had school teacher hair, tinted that strange color of blue older women seem to favor, cut short and styled in small tight curls that hugged her scalp. Even though it was rainy, windy, and humid, her hair looked like she had just walked out of the salon. For all of her school teacher look, there was something unsettling about her. An aging Janet Leigh in The Fog, he thought. She has the same cold look.
She turned so quickly Bhupesh had no time to look away. Without taking her eyes off him, she quickly opened her purse, pulled out a sour candy, unwrapped it, and popped it in her mouth. She said, “You can go now, the light is quite green.”
He’d just started to move through the intersection when a terrifying scream filled the cab. His eyes bulged with shock as he slammed on the brakes and brought the cab to a screeching halt. The scream died off in the sickening sound of someone being strangled. He turned in time to hear the last of the horrible sound fade away. It was coming from that cage. He looked at the woman, then at the cage, then back at the woman, and a lifetime of being respectful to his elders abandoned him.
“What in the name of Krishna was that?” the cabby shouted.

(…)

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Kriss The Hoatzin and One of 114 Rats that live in the attic of Villa Carelli

Phillip’s beloved pet is a tropical bird, a hoatzin that he brought back from the
Amazon. His name is Kriss and he will have a significant role in the thrilling finale
of the story.
The Rats are pampered and fed with love by the two Chinese Housekeepers. But
they will play a decisive role in the eventful finale.

Cockatoo and Snow Goosey

Soon after returning from the Amazon Eleanor contacted an employmentagency and requested the send over a reliable, bonded housekeeper/cook. The housekeeper/cook that arrived at the villa turned out to be two young Chinese women. They claim to be sisters named Cockatoo and Snow Goosey. Their realnames are Xu Qing and Ma Ling; they come from Shishi, a small town in the Fujian province. It’s not completely clear that the agency actually knows they are there. They’re not at all surprised by Phillip’s appearance, who they immediately identify as Wu Chang, an extravagant Chinese Spirit, and emissary of deceased souls. They sometimes wear the uniforms of the Red Guard, other times they are dressed in sumptuous apparel from China’s imperial age. They are impertinent and mysterious and absolutely delight both Eleanor and Phillip. They propose some very particular remedies for the most common problems and often prepare curious dishes for lunch and dinner. Most of the time they are in complete agreement with their landlord’s strange behavior. But other times their cooperation is non-existent.

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The Sizzling Nights of the Diabolical Dr. Carelli – Synopsis

“The Sizzling Nights of the Diabolical Dr. Carelli,” is a novel written by Marcello Garofalo. The story is an intriguing and effective blend of horror, drama, action and comedy.

Mr. Garofalo has collaborated with Matthew Temple to create an American adaptation of the novel that retains the depth and feel of the original Italian version.

The dialog is simple, direct and immediate, giving the narrated events a relentless and compelling rhythm.

The imaginary world of Doctor Carelli is carefully woven into the real world to create a seamless flow between the too. Some of the mystery and science behind the Doctor’s existence is revealed as the reader is drawn deeper into the fantasy. It’s not long before they begin to understand that death is no more permeant than life and good and evil are never absolutists.

Target: Lovers of Horror Comedy and Action. Readers who understand that Black and White is never black and white

In Life,
An Ordinary Boy,
In Death,
A Living Skeleton
Destined to Upheave the World

Driven by her love for her nephew and a need to understand the very nature of “Life” she renews a line of experimentation she had sworn an oath as a young scientist to abandon. Though she is keenly aware of both the dangers and the consequences she works tirelessly to perfect the procedure. When she is convinced that the process will work, she sets aside her fears and uses it to resurrect her nephew. But he is no longer the boy she raised. She has changed him into a living skeleton.
As Phillip overcomes the shock of what has happened to him and works to gain control over his new form, he begins to develop a plan to make good use of his powers.
Over his aunt’s objections, he returns to New York and tracks down his first love, Joan-Mary Frazier. He recruits her and her current lover, an older professor named Tony Seppilli, to help him execute his plan. Things become complicated when Alida Sibley, a former research partner of Eleanor Carelli, learns of Phillip’s existence and sets a plan in motion to destroy him and exact revenge on Eleanor.
As the founder of an “alternative” clinic recognized as a leader in the treatment of rare psychological disorders, Alida Sibley has been secretly experimenting on some of her more dangerous patients. Rather then curing them she has used her considerable skill to move them so deep into their classic paranoia that little remains of their humanity.
Christopher Kier doesn’t think he is a Vampire, he is a Vampire. Ready to feast on anyone who dares to cross him.
Little remains of the man his family knew as Gyro Marchione. He is now an animal. A Werewolf, without conscience or compassion.
Dan Carnahan, consumed by an ancient desire to survive beyond the grave, has become the living manifestation of a Mummy. Believing he can extend his own life by ripping it away from others.
“Killing Machines” at the beckon call of their Master: Dr. Alida Sibley.
Through every twist and turn a showdown is coming. And once again, the Observation Deck of the Empire State Building will be the stage of an epic battle.

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The Mummy Dan Carnahan, the Werewolf Gyro Marchione, the Vampire Christopher Kier

Dan is an antique Dealer, Gyro is a a young butcher and Christopher is a 53 y.old photographer. All Three of Them are Alida’s Patients and they are transformed by Alida into very dangerous monsters, respectively into a Mummy, a Werewolf and a Vampire.

Dennis

Dennis is Alida’s devoted assistant at the DoubleWhite Center. He is a strong, big-bearded fifty-year-old man. He is a man with a heart of gold and at the end of the story he will also be able to understand his mistakes and to repent of those ones.

Mrs. Alida Sibley

A biology researcher and a friend of Eleanor. In her youth she had in vain tried to establish a lesbian relation with Eleanor. She is Joan’s aunt. Mentally deranged, now in her sixties she has become the head of a center for alternative psychoanalysis and mental recovery named the “DoubleWhite Center”. She’s Phillip main antagonist. She doesn’t like Phillip entertaining the idea of a love relation with her niece Joan. She therefore manages to devise diabolical plans to destroy Phil. For this purpose she transforms some of her oblivious patients in bloodthirsty monsters.

Prof. Anthony Seppilli

University Professor of Classical Philology. Fat, in his mid-fifties with thick walrus-like moustache and thinning hair combed back; he looks like a young Wilford Brimley. He loves food and beautiful women along with Hemingway, Bukowski, John Huston’s movies and Gillespie’s jazz. He is Joan’s teacher, with whom he has a romantic relationship, but he becomes a close friend also with Phillip and Eleanor.

Eleanor Ruth Carelli

Internationally renowned biology researcher, Eleanor is Phillip’s aunt. She is now an elegant, petite, middle-class lady in her sixties . She looks very much like Janet Leigh in John Carpenter’s The Fog. She wears glasses with a golden chain round her neck. She always sports elegant clothes, very often a dress. She lives with Phillip in an elegant Villa in New York City.
She keeps a diary in which she takes notes on everything; she’s the one responsible for her nephew’s return from the dead. Along with Phillip she breeds 114 rats that live in the attic of the villa and in special occasions (such as parties) she lets them run free in the Villa. The fine line between her intelligence and her madness is often invisible.

Joan-Mary Frazier

She’s a literature student and a fashion model. Phillip’s former girlfriend (when he was alive) she lives with her Literature professor, Tony Seppilli. In her own way she continues to love Phil even if he’s dead. She’s undecided on her future: she doesn’t acting whether to go in academia or acting. She is amusing, sexy, intelligent and very often a partner in crime (voluntary or not) for Phillip’s forays.

Matthew Temple – English Translation and Adaption of the Novel

Studied Biochemistry, Computer Engineering & History
Analyst for Comcast Inc.:
Development and training of inventory software to track Leased equipment
Development and training of comprehensive reporting software
Operations Manager for Active Organics:
Developed Extraction Methods to Improve the Concentration of Active Organic
Compounds used in the Manufacture of Cosmetics
Improved Analysis of Extracts to Satisfy FDA* Reporting Requirements
Head of Customer Service for Porton Interments:
Installation and Methods Development of Analytical Equipment for the sequencing of proteins and peptides.
Clients included The National Institutes of Health, Stanford University Depart of Chemistry, UCLA Deportment of
Chemistry & The Scripps Research Institute.

Waters Corporation:
Installation and Methods Development for High-Performance Liquid Chromatography systems (HPLC).
Clients included Abbott Laboratories, NASA, United Technologies, Eli Lilly, Alza Corporation & Genentech Inc.

Shriners Research Center:
Research Lab Assistant for the Characterization of Collagen Focusing on Inherited Connective Tissue Disorders.

Matthew has recorded three albums:
BMI Affiliated Songwriter:
Come Home My Son
Catalog includes:
Summer Man
The Journey
Was named “Entertainer of the Year” Two years in a row for the State of Washington.
Performed with Duke Ellington in 1970
Was the first entertainer to perform live in Prudhoe Bay Alaska
Matthew also served on the Georgetown County Art’s Commission

Gianluca Garofalo – Illustrator

He has published and/or he publishes with: Soleil Prod, Ankama, Hoepli, Giunti, Giunti Progetti Educativi, Giunti Kids, Mondadori, Gruppo Editoriale De Agostini, Helbling Languages, Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori, Pearson Educational, Nottetempo, Blackat, Oxford University Press, Dorling Kindersley, Templar Publishing, Fernleigh Publishing, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana – Treccani, Nord-Sud, A&C Black, Kyowon, Siphano Picture Book, La Margherita , Ars Verlag,
T-Scrivo Edizioni, Profil international, DoGi, Friederich Reinhardt Verlag, Založba Kres, Sello Editorial, Lumen Editorial, Sjaloom, Sudamericana; with the following magazines: Alias/il manifesto, TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, Young 18, Tre fate per amiche, Stregatti.

TEAM

Marcello Garofalo Gianluca Garofalo Matthew Temple

Marcello Garofalo – Author

Journalist, cinema critic and essayist. He writes for “CIAK” Magazine, Italy’s premier movie magazine and is on the executive committee of “Segnocinema”. He has published several books, among which are :

Once Upon a Time in America-Photographic Memories (from the film of Sergio Leone, 1988);
The Last Emperor-Story of a Journey toward West (from the film by Bernardo Bertolucci, 1991);
L’immagine-cinema- A book on the Art of the still photographer Angelo Novi (1992);
Beauty and the Beast-Story of a Masterpiece (with Bob Thomas, The Walt Disney Company Italy, 1993);
Aladdin-Story of a Masterpiece (with John Culhane, The Walt Disney Company Italia, 1994);
Bertolucci’s Buddha (1994);
In the Mouth of Madness- A collection of essays on madness in cinema (1995);
Westmoreland Naples – Beat Poses and visions from the Newark Theater al Parthenope (1997);
Tutto il cinema di Sergio Leone-The Films of Sergio Leone (1999);
Bertolucci Images (2001; new updated edition, 2010);
Disney Recipes-From Animation to Inspiration (with Ira Meyer, The Walt Disney Company Italy and USA, 2003);
Disney Agenda Cucina (with Ira Meyer, The Walt Disney Company Italy, 2004);
Disney Piccoli grandi cuochi (with Ira Meyer, The Walt Disney Company Italy, 2006);
La cucina Disney per grandi & piccini (with Ira L. Meyer , The Walt Disney Company Italy, 2008).

He has designed the bookcover and he has realized the illustrations of “Siddhartha’s Book” in “Little Buddha” by Bernardo Bertolucci.

In 1996 he directed (with Pietro Baldoni and Vittorio Guida) the TV movie (42 minutes) “Westmoreland Naples” starring Allen Ginsberg.

In 1997 he is the author of the plot of “Maruzzella”, the episode of the “anthology film” “The Vesuvians” presented at the 54th Venezia Film Festival.

In 1999 he directed the documentary “Confidential Report on Mr. Dennis Duggan a.k.a. the King of Super8” (70 minutes); the film was presented (out of competition) at the 17 ° Turin Film Festival.

His book “Tutto il cinema di Sergio Leone” (“The Films By Sergio Leone”) is winner of the award as “best movie book of the year” (2000) from the syndicate of the film critics.

In 2006 he has written and directed “Tre donne morali” (Three Moral Women) screened at the 1st Rome Film Festival (2006) and at the Los Angeles Film Fest (2008). The movie received unanimous positive reviews.

Curator of many exhibitions, in 2006/2007 he has been the curator of “The Taste in the Art of Walt Disney” (Parma/Rome) and in 2010 of the photo-exhibition “Bertolucci Images” at “The Art Directors Club” of New York to celebrate the film retrospective of Bernardo Bertolucci at the MoMA.

Dr. Philip Carelli

Phillip Carelli is a living skeleton. He lives with his aunt Eleanor Ruth Carelli in New York City. Even though the crumbling external façade of the villa is reminiscent of classic horror movie estates, the interior is furnished in modern style.
Phillip often wears large overcoats, large brim hats, silk vests, rugged jeans and either boots or tennis shoes.
He smokes homemade cigarette too.
He brought back from the Amazon a tropical bird, a hoatzin, that he has named Kriss and that is his beloved pet.
He drives a black GT500KR Mustang. Not withstanding his skeletal nature, he’s still in love with Joan, his long lost girlfriend. Oddly enough he’s loved in return, in a weird, perverse form of complicity.
He loves to be called Dr. Carelli because he believes the universal knowledge he’s acquired post mortem, automatically deserves a bachelor’s degree. He nurtures himself with electricity, sticking his fingers in electric outlets. Funny, sarcastic, unpredictable, lunatic and at times puerile he loves to recreate live actions, sometimes deadly, that have impressed him on screen. He believes that a wave of immorality and collective ass-like behavior – are ruining the world and that his mission should be that to destroy this mayhem.
To achieve this goal he uses the most disparate techniques and with the (more or less voluntary) aid of Joan and of Professor Tony Seppilli he adventurously, perilously and amusingly fulfills his contemporary executioner role.