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​Coming for Christmas!  

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The writing is nearly finis  on RED JUMBO. 


Red is a left-wing unemployed bored alcoholic
who has made two big decisions today. And, 
since the turn of the century. 

His first decision is to become a private eye,
​starting tomorrow, and his first case involves the death
of the maid at the estate of Mrs. Hamptons (and her husband, 
Mr. Hamptons). Mrs. Hamptons is an ultra right-wing,
Southern California liquor magnate and anti-immigration lobbyist
​with an electric fence around her house.

Mrs. Hamptons is so afraid of getting coffee in her cream,
she's even got ​electric dresses! 

Red's other decision today is to stop drinking.
For him, this case will be either a conflict of interest
​or attention span. 

The novel RED JUMBO is meant for good clean fun
on a brisk orange autumn afternoon, maybe by the silver-blue moonlight
of a summer night (other seasons, too), accompanied by a refreshing
glass of your favorite pain-killer, but it will also introduce a real
culture changer: the rascally, kind-hearted idea of "under the table citizenship"
will show up in this story (until the table is irrelevant), subtle as 
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Warm as Charlie Parker's horn. 


A Utopian Detective Novel, in which no one is illegal. Or alienated.
​Or a detective.