Reading, Discussion & Signing featuring Arje Shaw and THE FIX.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Only in America. Only in America can a young boy come to this country
from a German displacement camp and find his life to be more unsettling
than the one he left. Only in America can you lose ...everything
while pursuing your dream. Only in America can Aryeh Pyatiegorskia grow
to become Eddie Parker, a small-time bookie who uses his son, a High
School basketball star, to fix games for the Mob. That's the outer
story. The inner story is about fathers and sons, what pulls them
together and rips them apart.
"The language sings, the dialogue
sizzles, and the author plays words, rhythm and cadence like a
finely-tuned instrument." This is the story of a man coming to terms
with himself, a compelling work of introspection and humor. Beneath the
linguistic playfulness and witty banter, the author's true compassion
for his characters shines through. The result is an edgy, hard-driven
tale seeking the answer to Eddie Parker's perennial question: "Who am I
and how did I get here?"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Arje Shaw’s works
include The Gathering (Broadway, Off-Broadway), Magic Hands Freddy,
published by Samuel French, A Catered Affair, Moolah, and The Final Rub.
The Fix is Mister Shaw’s first novel. He began his writing career at
age forty-five, having never written before. English is his third
language behind Russian and Yiddish. Mr. Shaw was born in Tashkent,
Russia, and arrived in New York City in 1949 at the age of eight with
his parents and sister from Bergen-Belsen displacement camp.
He lives in New York City with his wife Esther. The Fix was written in honor of his family and the memory of the martyrs.
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