Cornelius Sky

By: Timothy Brandoff

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Cornelius Sky is a doorman in a posh Fifth Avenue apartment building that houses New York City’s elite, including a former first lady whose husband was assassinated while in office. It is 1974, and New York City is heading toward a financial crisis. At work, Connie prides himself on his ability to buff a marble floor better than anyone, a talent that so far has kept him from being fired for his drinking. He pushes the boundaries of his duties, partying and playing board games with the former first lady’s lonely 13-year-old son in the service stairwell - the only place where the boy is not spied upon mercilessly by the tabloid press and his Secret Service detail.

Connie believes he is the only one who can offer true solace and companionship to this fatherless boy, but his constant neglect of his own sons and their mother reaches a boiling point. His wife changes the locks on his own door, and he finds himself wandering the mean streets of the city in his uniform, where unlikely angels offer him a path toward redemption. Cornelius Sky is an elegant picaresque that beautifully captures an opulent city on the edge of ruin and recovery.

©2020 Timothy Brandoff (P)2020 Scribd Audio

Spectacular writing. This is literature!

If you like real writing about real people done in a detailed, gorgeous, painting pictures with words way, then this is a book that you will love listening to. It’s just a beautiful take on a raw world.

I will definitely listen to this book again. And sign me up for Timothy Brandoff‘s next novel!