Little Men: Novellas and Stories

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Summary: Smart and funny like Roth and Malamud
Review: I read a lot of Jewish American fiction. And most of it is either too Jewish or too literary for my taste. But this collection reminds me of the smart and funny stuff written by Philip Roth, Bernard Malamud, Bruce Friedman and Joseph Epstein. The stories explore modern Jewish male angst, guilt and sex, imperfect pasts, presently impossible relatives and there's even some Eighties style drug use. In short, they're contemporary without being terminally hip. Worth your time and money.