22-Year-Old Breaking Down Barriers with "Five College Dialogues"
Founder of "The Rock" at Boston College, 22-year old Ian Thomas Malone releases Socratic-style novel that has readers calling for it on required freshman reading lists.
Greenwich, CT, October 29, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Ian Thomas Malone is among the younger generation of authors published under the TouchPoint Press list, a point that bestselling author and writer of the television series JAG, Paul Levine pointed out on Facebook.
Malone’s pitch intrigued the publisher so much that she immediately sent the project to senior editor, Tamara Trudeau, TouchPoint’s go-to editor for all things philosophical and wise.
Released August 25, readers are finding Five College Dialogues is much more than expected and, most importantly, entertaining and engaging. Malone has successfully revamped the premise of the Five Dialogues, a commonly required book for philosophy core classes, and turned the idea into to something witty and believable.
“There are hundreds of books out there advertising so called ‘advice’ for college students. Problem is that many of these books are flat out unreadable. That wasn't the case with Five College Dialogues at all,” said one Amazon reader. “The characters are witty and the writing is believable, blending Socratic dialogue with more contemporary banter. The book will encourage you to excel without burdening you down with a load of nonsense. Few books could pull off turning a Socrates style character into a wise cracking graduate student, but Malone pulled it off.”
TouchPoint Press publisher, Sheri Williams describes Five College Dialogues as having a “smooth and humorous style that makes readers actually want to continue past the first few pages—a definite plus among college readers.”
“If you have a kid in college, one who's about to, or if you just want to relive your college years, I highly recommend picking up this book. It offers genuine advice in a fashion that will actually get you to read it.”—Sebastian Moran, Amazon reader
Two sequels have been commissioned. Five More College Dialogues and Five High School Dialogues will continue The Chief’s mission to encourage students to critically examine both their decisions and their environments in a comedic yet sincere fashion.
About the author:
Ian Thomas Malone is an author and yogi from Greenwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Boston College in 2013, where he founded The Rock at Boston College. Five College Dialogues is his first published work. In his spare time, Ian enjoys swimming and overanalyzing popular culture, particularly Star Wars and A Song of Ice and Fire.
Book data:
Five College Dialogues
Suggested Retail Price: $12.99
Size: 5x8 Trade Paper
Pages: 218
ISBN-10: 0692281452
ISBN-13: 978-0-69228-145-1
BISAC: Fiction/Humor/Philosophy