Karen’s Closet

A failing romance. A Sweet Deal. A Little Girl Lost. And Found. Ms. Sharon Silverina Langhorn was set in her ways. And why shouldn’t she be? A product of New York City in the 1970s, she had seen the sputtering of the Hippies’ Utopian promise of freedom and equality, and the rise of the moronic robotic Yuppies. Pettiness and doubt seemed ever present in her life, sniping at her from behind every small victory. So when real estate lawyer and Good Jewish Son Leonard Rothstein offered her the price of a lifetime on a veritable mansion up in the twin towns of Tug Hill and Old Forge, nestled near the foot of the Adirondacks, she knew no man, or woman for that matter, would stand in her way. But then there was Karen… Lovingly restored from his original handwritten notes, KAREN’S CLOSET is the 1996 novel by artist, musician and underground filmmaker Mario Rienzo, who died of cancer in 2017. The publication of this book fulfills a deathbed promise made to him by ICONICIDE frontman Chris/the Antimessiah.