Book Details
⚡️Book Title : Freaks I've Met
⚡Book Author : Donald Jans
⚡Page : 203 pages
⚡Published May 1st 2015 by Sheabeau Publishing
Freaks I've Met - A Spokane college graduate searches for wealth and fame in LA but finds only a string of dead-end jobs and outlandish individuals in Jans witty debut drama. In 1987, Jack Fitzpatricks plans to be rich and famous are off to a good start. Beverly Hills talent agent Alain Michaels tells Jack that he can find him work as a model in California. But when the modeling gig doesnt pan out, Jacks more determined than ever to make it on his own instead of returning to Spokane. He stays with a friend and runs through a few temp jobs, finally finding success as a bond broker. Jack makes good money at bond firm Freedom Capital Markets, but he soon realizes that he wants to share it with someone. There are more pressing issues for Jack, however, once he finds himself behind bars. The authors Bukowski-esque tale has an ordinary protagonist immersed in extraordinary circumstances. Jacks escape from his Spokane roots, for instance, is sublimely epitomized by Mrs. Pohlkiss, an affluent neighbor who looks down on him and whos immediately on his mind at the slightest sign of failure. Likewise, Jack, while certainly not nave, is faced with obstacles hes never consideredcomplacency or boredom with a job and a revolving door of co-workers, some of them friends who leave too soon and a shady few who are considerably less friendly. Jacks nonchalant narration manages to take the bite out of the storys darker bits, like the protagonists eventual arrest and incarceration, as well as the toilet humor. Other characters, too, have their comic moments: Noahs wife, a millionaire by inheritance, still demands that her husband get a job. Jans wisely saves details about Jacks dog until later in the story. The revelation comes about the time readers sympathy for the protagonist may be waning since he starts dating an Asian woman simply because hes tired of having sex with white women. Jacks goal continually changes throughout the novelhe wants fame, success, and maybe even a wifebut what he truly craves is finally answered in a satisfying coda thats both over-the-top and a little endearing. An engrossing but tongue-in-cheek drama that, even at its most dramatic, will leave readers smiling.
Freaks I've Met
A Spokane college graduate searches for wealth and fame in LA but finds only a string of dead-end jobs and outlandish individuals in Jans witty debut drama. In 1987, Jack Fitzpatricks plans to be rich and famous are off to a good start. Beverly Hills talent agent Alain Michaels tells Jack that he can find him work as a model in California. But when the modeling gig doesnt pan out, Jacks more determined than ever to make it on his own instead of returning to Spokane. He stays with a friend and runs through a few temp jobs, finally finding success as a bond broker. Jack makes good money at bond firm Freedom Capital Markets, but he soon realizes that he wants to share it with someone. There are more pressing issues for Jack, however, once he finds himself behind bars. The authors Bukowski-esque tale has an ordinary protagonist immersed in extraordinary circumstances. Jacks escape from his Spokane roots, for instance, is sublimely epitomized by Mrs. Pohlkiss, an affluent neighbor who looks down on him and whos immediately on his mind at the slightest sign of failure. Likewise, Jack, while certainly not nave, is faced with obstacles hes never consideredcomplacency or boredom with a job and a revolving door of co-workers, some of them friends who leave too soon and a shady few who are considerably less friendly. Jacks nonchalant narration manages to take the bite out of the storys darker bits, like the protagonists eventual arrest and incarceration, as well as the toilet humor. Other characters, too, have their comic moments: Noahs wife, a millionaire by inheritance, still demands that her husband get a job. Jans wisely saves details about Jacks dog until later in the story. The revelation comes about the time readers sympathy for the protagonist may be waning since he starts dating an Asian woman simply because hes tired of having sex with white women. Jacks goal continually changes throughout the novelhe wants fame, success, and maybe even a wifebut what he truly craves is finally answered in a satisfying coda thats both over-the-top and a little endearing. An engrossing but tongue-in-cheek drama that, even at its most dramatic, will leave readers smiling.
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