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Fix the Roads

Becoming a stand-up comic can be a bumpy ride.

Retired accountant Alexander Haralson—only slightly saner than in Our Jewish Robot Future—reinvents himself as a stand-up comic in Fix the Roads. Determined to roast Detroit’s corrupt politicians like a new Lenny Bruce, he’s distracted by his mistress, Flossy, and devastated by his city’s collapse—setting up a sharp, bumpy, darkly comic ride.

…told with acerbic Jewish sarcasm.

—Bob Gilbert, author of The Shady Elders of Zion

Description

Alexander Haralson, the deranged star of Leonard Borman’s eccentric debut novel Our Jewish Robot Future, returns–only slightly more sane-in his new effort, Fix the Roads, as a retired accountant who wants to start a new career as a stand-up comedian. His ambition is to tell it like it is to the corrupt politicians and be the new Lenny Bruce, but with his well-used heart all aflutter over his new mistress Flossy, and his beloved city of Detroit suffering dire deterioration, he’s in for a bumpy ride.

Product Details

PublishedJanuary 2, 2023
ImprintCalumet Editions
LanguageEnglish
Print length280
ISBN-13978-1959770992
Dimensions6 x 0.63 x 9 inches

When I retire, I want to be like Alexander Haralson. Read Fix the Roads and see why. What a strange and engaging novel, ostensibly a comedy, but figuratively about the crumbling state of America’s political system and told with acerbic Jewish sarcasm. –Bob Gilbert, author of The Shady Elders of Zion and Mintwood Place. I would have loved to see even more of his snarky humor here and learned more about the MC, his loves, his fears and his neuroses.

—Cityscape, verified review on Amazon