The Skinny Mystery: Who Is Stan Kaminski?

Mads Mikkelsen, the actor, could conceivably play Stan Kaminski in a movie version of The Skinny.

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​THE SKINNY, my first novel, will be published on March 24th. It's a dark, moody, noir mystery which primarily takes place in downtown Manhattan, in places like Greenwich Village, the East Village, Chelsea. Portions also take place in Queens, Harlem, Jersey City and The Catskill Mountains.

Thematically, THE SKINNY deals with:

• The conflicts that come with change,
• How one New York vanishes and another appears to take its place,
• How the rich and poor are in a constant battle,
• How the addicted mind fights with itself for answers,
• Whether true love should be suppressed,
• What hope actually means and,
• How a mystery is solved only to open the door to another.

Stan Kaminski, the main character, is a down-on-his-luck immigrant living in Astoria. He is trying to live his best humble life and stay out of trouble. This former security guard for 1980s Polish hero Lech Walesa is a wary but proud man – even though he’s relegated to painting the houses of folks much better off than he is.

When Stan’s asked by a one of Manhattan’s rich landlords to find a lost woman, he tries to refuse. But money lures him in. Physically, Stan is average, mid-to-late 30s, about 5’7”, round face, and a little bedraggled. As the novel's narrator, he speaks with the accent of a Polish immigrant.

Mads Mikkelsen, the actor, could conceivably play Stan Kaminski in a movie version of The Skinny. He looks like the person who I imagine Stan would look like, the roundish face, somewhat beaten down, as he appears in Vintenberg’s The Hunt. 

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