For Your GRAMMY® Consideration
The Tyranny of Desire, A Novel by Morty Shallman
Best Audio Book, Narration, And Storytelling Recording

Novelist and Singer-Songwriter Morty Shallman narrates and performs every character in the audio book version of his comedic literary novel, The Tyranny of Desire. He also wrote and performed the Pop Rock Theme Song that is featured in the recording.

The Tyranny of Desire is the fictional memoir of Puchy Mushkin, a big dreamer—and an even bigger loser—whose spectacular failure as a human being is exceeded only by the enormity of his desire for success.

In a desperate bid to change his fate, Puchy vows to banish all dreams, aims, goals, and ambitions from his life except one: to assassinate desire itself and hang it by its feet like Mussolini.

What follows is the darkly satirical, raunchy, and irreverent tale of one man’s twisted war with himself—an anti-story about an anti-hero whose only motivation is to have no motivation at all.

Praise for The Novel
“A comedic masterpiece.” 
— Reader’s Favorite

“A ribald and incisive provocation.” 
— Booklife by Publishers Weekly

“A lively comic tale.”
— Kirkus Reviews

“Brilliantly written—and very funny.”
—Robert Grossmith, 
Author of The Empire of Lights

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Singer • Songwriter • Novelist • Creator of LAST OF THE ZACHARYS, the world's first "Novel with Songs." New novel, THE TYRANNY OF DESIRE available now! Learn more at www.morty.org