The breakthrough novel that breaks open the doors of crime-confession
“She turned around and smiled and said, ‘I didn’t see you standing there. I’m sorry.’
I dropped my voice an octave to put some bass in it and said, ‘Not half as sorry as you’re getting ready to be because I need you to put your hands flat on the counter and not make any sudden movements… and I need you to remain calm and breathe. Do you understand what’s going on here?’
As I said this I arched my left eyebrow and gave her what I call, ‘The Bank Robber Big-Eye.’”
After his arrest that followed a lengthy manhunt in 2009, our protagonist was termed a “serial bank robber” by authorities, condemned to serving a 20-year prison sentence.
One Crazy Day takes us through a standard day in the life of your favourite felon, as he juggles his drug addiction, a money grabbing girlfriend, and—of course—one of his seven bank robberies.
Praise for ‘One Crazy Day’
“Get yourself an ice-cream or a coffee or whatever and look on Jeff’s world. He told me. he had more fun writing about his crime than he did committing it. And it is true to say that One Crazy Day is enormously entertaining. Jeff Frye is just a middle class guy who decided to annihilate himself.”
—U.V. Ray (From the introduction to One Crazy Day)
“I will never rob a bank, but he makes me wish I was the getaway driver.”
—Becky Westbrook