Islands In Time

About the Book

Part IV of Some Die Mad, Islands In Time, is a love story between Malcolm Ward and Marlene Weston wherein the love of a good woman lures a man from psychosis to a dazzling conclusion seldom seen in literature.

About the Author

44288: b. 6/10/35. A 1953 graduate of Newark, Ohio High School, 44288 was President of Honor Society, Treasurer of Student Council and Secretary of Key Club. Won Denison University scholarship. Worked 11 months on B&O Railroad Section, Outville Gang. Managed Newark Municipal Pool three summers. Dropped out of Ohio State University after being accepted into Law School for class of 1957. Went instead to New York to become a poet. Wound up on New York Bowery. Thumbed up and down Eastern Seaboard while on the road. Probated Columbus State Hospital Fall of 1958. Wrote quatrain Some Die Mad 1962/63. End recorded at Akron St. Thomas Hospital Alcoholic Ward Labor Day of 1968. High school file contained standard document asking 44288 what he wanted to do in life and after he graduated. He said he wanted to ?Be a writer.??Perry Aayr.