Manchester Arms

By Rick Edelstein

College grad Lawrence Dunbar Harrison has aspirations to be a writer. To enrich his life experiences he gets a job at a residential hotel as a “courtesy assistant.” His West-Indian-American father strenuously objects to his son being a bell boy. Despite such, Lawrence has unique experiences with hotel residents including: Gay Mgr. Andrew; Retired actress, Ms. Henderson with fantasies whose words may have been lifted from a script a-la “Nobody takes away all that I have danced.”; Sr. Gutierrez, a brilliant iconoclast who has three computers: On one he writes porn for money; on the second he writes social political blogs a-la “Americans have lost our harmony. History is a thug with a bad limp. False optimism is hiding real stupidity,” and on the third, a lengthy suicide note. Ultimately, Lawrence must make a life-changing decision.

• Language: English
• Publisher: TWB Press
• Release date: Jan 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781944045111

Rick Edelstein

Rick Edelstein was born and ill-bred on the streets of the Bronx. His initial writing was stage plays off-Broadway in NYC. When he moved to the golden marshmallow (Hollywood) he cut his teeth writing and directing multi-TV episodes of “Starsky & Hutch,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Chicago,” “Alfred Hitchcock,” et al. He also wrote screenplays, including one with Richard Pryor, “The M’Butu Affair” and a book for a London musical, “Fernando’s Folly.” His latest evolution has been prose with many published short stories and novellas, including, “Bodega,” “Manchester Arms,” “America Speaks,” “Women Go on,” “This is Only Dangerous,” “Aggressive Ignorance,” “Buy the Noise,” and “The Morning After the Night.” He writes every day as he is imbued with the Judeo-Christian ethic, “A man has to earn his day.” Writing atones.