Monday, October 11, 2010
Shining City- Seth Greenland
What a fun book! Two brothers' lives - one a family man that becomes an aging victim of outsourcing and the recession and the other a pimp that dies right from the get go - merge in the crazy Hadron Collider that is modern day LA with spectacularly amusing results. A dry-cleaner serves as a front of the business which the "good" brother and family pick-up with such aplomb and noble intentions to improve the lifes of their girls. The line between morally right and morally questionable blurs to the point that it is nonexistent as the book, through humor and wit, explains just how far a man will go to take care of his family. A cast that includes a weed-smoking grandma with glaucoma, bodyguards with entrepreneurial aspirations, a villainous rival pimp and a d-bag of a boss all makes for amusing shenanigans that will have you cheering for the underdog.
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