Gunner's Rift has been optioned for film by Dream Xtreme Productions, New York - Rick Borgia,Producer.
Pug Review
Writer’s Digest Magazine
Pug focuses on a young man whose family immigrated in the 1930’s to the United States. The glimpse into the world of pugilism was fascinating and the book’s title resonated. Author Henry P. Gravelle’s expansive research gave the story an added depth and authenticity.
The story concept is strong, with just enough suspense to hold the readers interest yet, the authors strength is in his dialogue. Here, the characters speak naturally and ring true to their personalities. The dialogue moves the plot ahead in ways that narrative and description cannot. Henry shows an overall skill with dialogue that makes the conversations engaging with a provocative use of language and words.
There is much to praise about Pug, and readers who look for poignant novels rife with historical fact, will enjoy this book.
Pug
****
Four Stars
A few of my Flash fiction stories - Cream, two sugars, The Penterville Express, The curtain, the curtain, too late the curtain, and The Incentive - have been posted on the Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers website... Take a look!
Three of my newest short plays,
Sonny
Chum
and Johnnie Waters
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Film rights to The Igloo Boys have been option by Star July Productions, CA.
Tony A. Angelo/Producer
Stay tuned...
The Bamboo Heart 
Review by Publishers Weekly
The harrowing details of a young American soldier's experiences as a POW in the Philippines during WWII is at the heart of this novel. Steven McGee grew up poor outside of Boston, and his lifeline was friendships with a Japanese boy, Brow, and their mutual crush, Flo. When Brow's parents decide to move to Japan because of growing racism in America, the three make a vow of friendship, and soon after Flo joins the Red Cross, leaving Steven alone, until he joins the navy and trains to be a pilot. Tragedy strikes when Steven's plane drops into the ocean and, along with a compatriot, he is captured by the Japanese. What follows is a graphic account of the miserable, desperate daily life of the POWs. Much of the story is told via flashbacks as an elderly McGee, resting in a clinic for war veterans in Cambridge, Mass., relates his story to nurse Mary (who we learn at the beginning of the novel has more than a professional interest in McGee). This story-within-a-story has promise.
