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"It's about life"

8/25/2014

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Latest five-star Amazon review of Mr. Boardwalk:
This is an amazing book. A wonderful recreation of a time and place. It's not about Atlantic City. It's about life. Happy, sad, bittersweet. It even has a touch of magic in it. I hope this author continues to write. Enjoy it.
The reviewer is M. Kramer, who has also reviewed The Penguin History of the World (1,189 pages). We're impressed that M. found the time to read our little 300-page novel. And grateful, of course, for the praise!

About the "touch of magic" in the book: Here's a comment from Jimmy, the novel's sage and smelly wise man (a counterpart to Rabbi Greenblatt, who is also sage but not smelly). Jason, the narrator, has been bugging Jimmy to explain a seemingly magical event that keeps recurring in Jason's life:
"If you don't know how," I asked, "can you tell me why?"

Jimmy looked up, a wide grin spreading across his face.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"You never asked why before. You only asked how."

"Okay, now I'm asking why."

His grin faded. He looked me in the eye. "To protect you." He stuffed another hunk of pastry in his mouth and washed it down with a gulp of water.
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    "A heartfelt bildungsroman, a story of a man coming to terms with his complicated youth, and a vivid novel of place" 
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    "Mr. Boardwalk is easily the best book I have read in years.... Very, very highly recommended." —Sand Pilarski in The Piker Press
    "Mr. Boardwalk is a must read and brings back so many great memories. You’ll love it." —Jerry Blavat, "The Geator with the Heator"

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