In 2004, Gary wrote the critically-acclaimed eco-thriller MAD HORSES of Matheran.
A one hundred million-dollar multinational takeover of Matheran, India’s last roadless hill station, has a cancerous problem: Because of non-stop transportation delays, sluggish construction is dooming the wellness center. Their solution? Construct a temporary road. But protestors shut it down, vowing “if Matheran has horses…cars, trucks and a road will never be allowed.”
Ultimately, the foreigners will either go bankrupt or scare the villagers into temporarily moving the hill station's five hundred horses to the valley.
So they bring horse encephalitis, and feed it to three maltreated, dying horses. The horses' brains swell, and they quickly go mad.
A one-legged Tiger Hill war hero will have to make a last stand.
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After two sold-out Indian printings of MAD HORSES of Matheran, Gary is coming out with an International Edition to be listed on Kindle.
What makes the novel unique, is that it is comprised of over seventy short chapters that are, as the critics testify, “fast-paced entertainment.”
Gary performs chapters from the novel, touring India with his Mad Horses. The troupe doesn’t use a standard set, just paintings or screen photos/graphics and usually a chair and desk. This makes the Mad Horses India’s most flexible theatre experience: Performing everywhere from mainstage to college festivals and bookstores. Gary customarily initiates the shows with his standup comedy.
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The video Amputee Soldier -Test or Suicide is an adaptation of MAD HORSES of Matheran's Chapter Ten: Testing the Guarantee
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QUOTES:
"I sold it for a handful of peanuts, but they tasted like buttered lobster." Pratap to Tara on selling his first painting.
"The best time to deal from the bottom of the deck is when tears are in everyone's eyes." Ana aka "The Mexican."
"Sellout? That's what you're labeling me? Labels are for Versace." Will Thirdkill
"What's your dream, Deepak?" (He shrugs.) "Come on, everyone has a dream. Dreams are what make us beautiful." Tara
"When this is over, what do you want to be driving, a bullock cart or a Mercedes?" Will Thirdkill to Ravi.
"The gods chalked on the sidewalk get stepped on every night. You can only re-sketch them a few times, then people stop believing." Hemant to Ravi
"We asked the Matheran Municiple Council for permission to put in a stonewall...but we were the ones that got stonewalled." Pratap
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