THE BOY WALKER: TRAGEDY MEETS STAND-UP COMEDY

“The Malach HaMavet—the Angel of Death—seizes victims arbitrarily and inflicts on their survivors wounds both horrific and seemingly irreparable. Wait. This is heavy stuff. Maybe I should begin differently. But screw it. Humans sugarcoat too much of life.”

Brute Greenbaum tells it true. An English Bulldog in his deep-sunset years, Brute struggles to hold together a father and adult son estranged yet living in the same San Francisco house. A self-proclaimed “dog among dogs,” Brute’s fierce demeanor conceals a keen intellect and compassionate soul along with the biting humor of a stand-up comic. He narrates a tale of tragic loss, odd relationships, foolish misadventures, dark secrets and the redemptive power of laughter.

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DAVID’S OTHER BOOKS

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Fiction: Enter a Central American nation where revolution threatens the world’s biggest coffee retailer and illusion trumps reality. Read more.

Fiction: Laugh—and cry—about treachery, betrayal and hypocrisy in the Middle East. Kirkus Reviews pick, Top 25 Indie Books of 2012. Read more.

Non-fiction: Discover non-Israelites’ encounters with God in the Hebrew Bible and what they reveal about today’s religious struggles. Read more.