"Scott Kelly's story of a game that turns into tyranny is at once crazily, wildly imaginitive and bound by a spine-chilling internal logic. It provides a whole new and terrifying take on the maxim: 'Beware what you wish for: you might get it.'
Jimwamba is short, sharp and shocking - a book that makes you want to meet its coolly accomplished young author - but only with plate glass in between." - Bestselling author Sarah Harrison.
"...Recommendation: I can't help but give this book my highest rating. It's rare to find any novel with such a perfect mix of wisdom and story arc. Pick it up and live a different life for a while." - Ace Boggess, the Adirondack Review
"What Scott Kelly has achieved in this his first published novel is no mean accomplishment. He has taken a rather fantastic premise and shaped it into a truly believable narrative. He has created a distinctive narrative voice to tell that story. Most of all he has written a book that will keep you turning pages if only to see how far the game and its players will go." - Jack Goodstein, The Compulsive Reader.
Jimwamba was my first novel to reach publication and is a logical jumping-off point that led me to progress and write novels like Frightened Boy and especially [sic]. Many of the same ideas are at work here but are much more 'raw' as I was only nineteen years old when I finished this manuscript.
