The Nimrod

Somewhere in the predawn darkness of Cape Cod, Gary Sloane's awaking with no clue where he’s been in the hours since he departed "The Bearded Oystah" - a Cape Cod burlesque club. He's in someone’s bedroom, now shaved bald. He's certain he's mixed up his fabled cocktail, the Acapulco Astronaut (Herradura Tequila & Tang) which he considers to be the world’s most potent aphrodisiac because the stripper in the bed is bald too! So begins The Nimrod, the “brilliantly original and astonishingly funny debut novel” from Mark Kelliher. Gary Sloane owns the worst landscaping business in Cape Cod history. His best customer is forcing him to watch classic movies,his colorful Aunt Muriel suspects he's a criminal....or much worse. Now he must face bumbling cops, mind readers,a truck who’s radio only gets Rush Limbaugh,bodybaldness, a peculiar high school sophomore named Cricket. Oh.....and murder charges in California.