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It's the era of drugs, sex, and rock-and-roll. And the Viet Nam war. Billy Matson wants to avoid being drafted so he can become an English teacher, returning to his high school alma mater in Crossroads, Wyoming. Crossroads might look like an idyllic small town, but it has strong undercurrents of racism and bigotry--poisons that destroy. In this romp through 1967-1970, Billy takes us on a first person journey of intense love affairs with his beautiful Jewish girl friend, Gisha Levin and with another woman, Marie Archer, someone who once loved Billy's boyhood idol, his older cousin Cody who has left for the Viet Nam war. Gisha has plans to be an English teacher, too, but her plans are twisted with a desire for revenge against Crossroads' powerful and wealthy men. When Billy and Gisha become teachers at Crossroads High School, they are the center of attention in a drama equal to Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The Camel Lounge is a stream of consciousness novel with biting dialogue and emotional depth. It secures R.A. Isojoki as a multi-talented writer.

Is Monty Sampson a modern day cowboy hero, or, is he the imagination of a guy named Oats Swengaard? You be the judge as Oats is interviewed by an aspiring writer. One thing is certain: Oats can tell an engaging story about a bunch of misfits who are crippled by misfortune, bent on crime, and driven by lust. As you listen to Oats, you may find yourself wondering if he's one of the misfits, discovered by an investigator, posing as a writer. In his latest novel, R.A. Isojoki takes you into a world filled with the heat of romance and violence, a world you might hope is pure imagination, a world with many layers, with unforgettable men and women who live on the rough side of life in a small Montana town. In the end, you wonder who, exactly, is legendary? Is it Monty Sampson or someone else?

Omero, an aging wiseguy, takes up the cause of a young woman named Mercy whose fiance was murdered by a mob-connected drug supplier.The story engages the reader in a journey of good versus evil and, in the case of Omero, evil changes sides and brings justice to Mercy's cause.Set in New Jersey when the mob was still active, Isojoki's fifth novel introduces a shadow mobster named "the guy" who arranges contract murders and keeps the tally for the mob families.In the finale, Omero sacrifices himself but was there redemption? Like all of Isojoki's novels, this one crackles with fast paced dialogue and action. It's a thriller with bloodlines to Parker and Puzo.

Stibnite is based on the importance of an Idaho mine in the production of tungsten during World War II. The mine is fact. The story about the people who worked the mine, the soldiers who were stationed there, and the coming of age of a boy and girl are fiction. In this poetic short novel, R.A. Isojoki combines love, murder, and history in a compelling story of romance.

In this book of poetry, IsoJoki uses free verse to describe memorable stories told to him by family and friends and reflects on his own life and love of nature.

A crime noir story right in the tradition of Marlowe and Spade, Mort's Game is a rough and tumble fight between men and women living on the razor's edge of class war.Set in Idaho in the 1950s, Mort's Game tells a story of love and lust, crime and justice through the eyes of imperfect hero named Mort.The first book in a series written by R.A. Isojoki, Mort's Game introduces readers to a memorable cast of characters in a town famous for its brothels and own kind of law.In Mort's Game, Mort is drawn to the false promises of American communism and must shoot his way out of its clutches.