(Ebook) The Losers Club: Complete Restored Edition! by Richard Perez ISBN 0971341559

(Ebook) The Losers Club: Complete Restored Edition! by Richard Perez ISBN 0971341559

Set in downtown New York City, THE LOSERS' CLUB tells the story of Martin Sierra, an unlucky writer addicted to the personals. His journey brings us into the East Village, pre-9/11--and in contact with Nikki, his dream woman, who remains unattainable romantically yet becomes his friend and confidant during his illuminating misadventures. A romantic comedy and coming-of-age story."Every generation must describe for itself what it means to be a young writer or artist struggling with anonymity and a mountain of rejection slips in a city like New York. Richard Perez's THE LOSERS' CLUB tracks the poet Martin Sierra's melancholy and yet somehow humorous and hopeful life with an acid, yet not unsympathetic, pen. Perez has written a sharp, quick-paced satire of the personal ads subculture and the generally doomed semi-relationships it leads to, the bizarre and manic club life, where slam-dancing and other dangerous sports fail to mask the chronic--one might say terminal--loneliness of the participants. I especially like how the kaleidoscopic whirl of people and objects energizes the author and delights the reader with an almost photographic sense of time and place."--Robert Siegel, author: Best-selling author of THE WHALESONG TRILOGY"Richard Perez's THE LOSERS' CLUB moves fast without blurring, and documents New York City in all its self-invented variety: kitsch/retro bars and cafes, goth vampires, dyke rock bands, desperately clever personal ads, the endless cruise for a parking space, and loneliness so relentless its victims wind up feeling stillborn. In its quicksilver way, Perez's novel manages to be cheerful, bleak, and edgy all at once." --John Vernon, author: A BOOK OF REASONS, PETER DOYLE"THE LOSERS' CLUB evokes a real and genuine sense of place--the world of the East Village--and people--single, young and desperate--written with zest, energy and enthusiasm." --Tama Janowitz, author: SLAVES OF NEW YORK"Funny and endearing--and wisely not so hip as to avoid a good grab for your heart." --Marcie Hershman, author: SAFE IN AMERICA, TALES OF THE MASTER RACEBOOK SENSE 76 TOP TEN PICK!~  Translated into: Korean, Turkish, and Italian (Storia D'Amore All'East Village)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~