Yes, the story has been done before - home town girl and college jock, but I've never read it written like this before. I have not read the full length novel, in fact this is the first manuscript I have read from this author. It is, quite possibly, one of the most beautifully written pieces of prose I have read in a very long time. Marx turns phrases like Bob Ross turns a white canvas into a meadow. With the flip of a wrist, there is a happy little tree then suddenly a pond and a mountain. It's mesmerizing, and anyone will admit to sitting down and watching a full episode of Bob Ross on late night PBS just to see what he does and to watch the magic happen. That is what it was like reading Cutters vs. Jocks for me. When I started, I had no idea what a Cutter was. I think this is a local dialect phrase, and would have liked some introduction or one sentence of explanation at the start. Where I went to University, there wasn't that kind of division between the locals and the university students, so the division in Cutters vs Jocks required a bit of acclimation for me. The head-hopping was another acclimation point, and I am not normally very fond of this style. Marx rotates each chapter between the two lead characters in first person narrative. There were some times, however, where I found myself forgetting whose head I was in for a sentence or two. Regardless of these two minor points, this short prequel was masterfully written, and although it isn't a normal genre I read, it has me wanting to pick up the full length novel.

APC sets up 9-man Interim Mgt C’ttee

APC sets up 9-man Interim Mgt C’ttee On June 10, 2013 · In News KANO — National leadership of the yet-to-be registered All Progressives Congress, APC, has approved the appointment of a nine-man Interim Management Committee of the mega party, comprising three national principal officers each from the merging parties. Briefing reporters in Kano yesterday, Secretary of the Central merging Committee of All Progressive Party, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, explained that the measure was adopted to facilitate the registration exercise of the mega party. Shekarau said: “The national leadership of APC has agreed unanimously that the national principal officers of ACN, CPC and ANPP, which includes the national Chairman, national Secretary, and Treasurer, respectively, should form the interim management committee of APC for the purpose of registration of the mega party with Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, only.” Stakeholders meet He disclosed that leaders of the merging parties are expected to meet this week to appoint chairman and other officers to run the party, stressing that “their assignment will last till we secure our registration.” Shekarau, who is also the Chairman of ANPP merger Committee, said that principal officers of APGA and DPP were left out of the Interim Management Committee because the Central Merging Committee relates with it as a group in the emerging party. He said: “We in the Central Merging Committee relate with APGA and DPP as a group and we have accommodated them administratively. They are not with us as a party but as a lager group within the merging mega party.” Shekarau further disclosed that the central merging committee is winding up its duties in line with the dictate of their mandate, stressing that “all committees set up for the purpose of merger will cease to exist as soon as the interim management assumed its leadership role. ‘INEC has 30 days’ “INEC has 30 days to respond to our application and we shall be counting our days right from the day we submit same to them and I am optimistic we would scale through the hurdle.” The former Governor of Kano, who expressed optimism that the new party will secure INEC’s registration, noted that under INEC’s guidelines, the commission has 30 days to convey approval or otherwise.