
In the throes of yet another psychotic breakdown, Granger Callahan finds a discarded journal containing the writings of a frustrated, 23-year-old, would-be filmmaker named Zachary Klein. Zachary describes dreams, complains about his girlfriend and brainstorms about the short films he wants to make. His words take on new meaning for Granger, whose mind is open to anything and desperate for a messag...
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Print Length: 264 pages
Publisher: Working Class Press (July 12, 2012)
Publication Date: July 12, 2012
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Language: English
ASIN: B008L124T0
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It takes the reader on an intense journey not only physically across the country, but mentally through the mind of a man suffering a psychotic break, and emotionally through his struggles to connect with and disconnect...
d he can no longer decipher. One journal entry sends him hitchhiking to San Francisco with promises of rolling hills, brilliant colors, happiness and – most of all – escape. Along the way, he meets Natalie Chambers, a grifting drug-addict, who finds an unexpected soft spot in her hardened heart when Granger bails her out of jail. For a moment, he and Natalie build something that resembles compatibility and love. If only the moment can last …“Only a writer of substantial talent could have pulled off a novel about a man increasingly mired in insanity. Sadoff does so brilliantly, never losing his central character’s humanity. Granger’s condition is sensitively conceived, utterly convincing, even as it provides a profound insight into the so-called reality and sanity of us all.” – Naeem Murr, author of The Perfect Man“Michael Sadoff is an exciting new voice with a veteran writer’s sense of the power of words and gift of storytelling. The Greatest Unit of Value is honest and authentic: an unflinching tale of angst-ridden young America in search of itself, often in the wrong places, with a road map that alternates between wisdom and madness.” – Robert Inman, author of Captain Saturday