Victory Boulevard

The author of such story collections as WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK, THE SILICON VALLEY DIET and I BRAKE FOR DELMORE SCHWARTZ sets his new novelette in 2005 Los Angeles and Staten Island. It's a story about gay relationships, marriage, teenagers, competitive diving, race relations, basketball, real estate, minor league baseball, dentistry, the Episcopal church, emo music, San Fernando Valley traffic, old fashioned English tea shoppes, silent movie stars Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand and the nature of contemporary narrative.