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Michael Egan, Film Maker. Michael Egan is a director/writer, who has been writing and making films since 1986. His short film, "The Gift", inspired by a Lou Reed song about a man who mails himself to his ex-girlfriend played internationally at several film festivals including Palm Springs, London, and Uppsala. His feature, "Love In The First Degree" had it's world premiere at Worldfest, Houston in 2004 and deservedly won a Gold Remi. Starring Joy Smithers, "Love In The First Degree" has since played at several international festivals including Boston and Marco Island and in 2006 had a theatrical release in Australia. Other films include, 'When actors go bad', 'Not quite Tarantino', and 'When actors go very, very, bad'. Michael Egan lives in the upmarket suburb of Paddington in Sydney NSW Australia, with his wife and small menagerie of animals and has just released a novella, The Devils Detour:the second coming of Christ. In a reversal of form, the book was adapted from Egan's film script, and partly shot film, 'Devil's Detour. A decision forced upon the writer/director by rising costs of special effects and CGI needed to complete and enhance, the already magnificent footage, shot. Starring Barry Duffield, (Spartucus), and Joy Smither's (Love in the first degree, Mad Max 4) the actual filming of the comedy/horror has been placed on hiatus while Michael does the talk show round as budding author, and awaits royalties from the book, to fund his film. Remarkably, the adaption, never an easy task which ever direction one goes, has evolved into a classic book that will entertain all demographics from teeny bopper to octogenarian. In fact, just prior to reading the Kindle version of Egan's book, I completed a Jackie Collins novel and was struck by her ability to write the crassest dialogue and narrative in an acceptable manner, and was totally blown away by Michael's work, as he too has the ability to describe sexual encounters in a unique but acceptable manner. His, (verging on the pornographic), style, which is highly entertaining and well done, teeters, dangerously, on the obscene, yet, on the other hand, is counteracted by his interesting, and educational narrative, based on stringent research of the Catholic Church and the lesser known, darkness, of its opposing, Hell. The Devils Detour; the second coming of Christ, will not only give one an entertaining read, but quite a few belly laughs and historical, eye opening facts and figures, delved from the archives by an eager, Egan. Available through Amazon under the title, The Devils Detour; the second coming of Christ. Promotions and clips from Devils Detour can be seen on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6jO17sC2jU https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7070594/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7070594/mediaindex