Winner of the 2000 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest

A capricious comedy of errors, Small Apartments resonates with tremulous energy and memorable characters. Franklin is a fully realized and sympathetic protagonist in the vein of Ignatius Reilly (A Confederacy of Dunces), a simple man who yearns for "e;a land of pastoral serenity"e; devoid of the irritants of contemporary urban life. An offbeat tale, Small Apartments is accented along the way by murder, strange fingernail collections, and the occasional blast from a treasured alphorn.