The Adventures Of Portly Boy
Paperback, 482 pages
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After a night of alcohol-fueled shenanigans and a morning in County Jail, overweight cynic Howard McKay is sentenced to serve “something like two thousand hours” of community service. The catch? Howie is to don a fluorescent yellow costume and carry out his sentence fighting crime as Portly Boy.
Along with his self-appointed sidekick, The Drunkard, Portly Boy roams the streets of New York City—going everywhere from strip clubs to retail electronic stores—doing his best to avoid crime and trying not to help anyone in need of help.
The Adventures of Portly Boy is the hilarious story of Howie’s antics, told through a series of blog entries he writes on his buddy’s website.
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"Absolutely hilarious"
Howard McKay isn't really a superhero. He doesn't have any superpowers. In fact, he's a fat alcoholic, who only dresses up in a fluorescent yellow body suit (complete with pink running shorts and boots) because of an unfortunate incident in which he mooned a judge during a drunken romp through the park. As his punishment, the vindictive judge sentenced Howard to an even more unfortunate community service sentence: to patrol the city streets as a citizen watchdog, while dressed in the rather unique aforementioned ensemble.
Moreover, The Adventures of Portly Boy isn't really a novel. Rather, it is a compilation of the first 37 installments (of a total of... More >
Howard McKay isn't really a superhero. He doesn't have any superpowers. In fact, he's a fat alcoholic, who only dresses up in a fluorescent yellow body suit (complete with pink running shorts and boots) because of an unfortunate incident in which he mooned a judge during a drunken romp through the park. As his punishment, the vindictive judge sentenced Howard to an even more unfortunate community service sentence: to patrol the city streets as a citizen watchdog, while dressed in the rather unique aforementioned ensemble.
Moreover, The Adventures of Portly Boy isn't really a novel. Rather, it is a compilation of the first 37 installments (of a total of... More >
Over weight, cynical, selfish, and an alcoholic to boot. What's not to love about Howard McKay? He is an average citizen that any reader can identify with. Sentenced to community service in a manner that is meant to be exceptionally humiliating, McKay as Portly Boy avoids his duties as best he can--and shows us how even the most ordinary guy can be heroic at heart.
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