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David
Finkle is a New York-based writer who
concentrates on politics and the arts. He writes
regularly on theater, books and music for
New York Stage Review and The Clyde
Fitch Report, where he is chief drama
critic. He's contributed to scores of
publications, including The New York
Times, The Village Voice, The New
York Post, The
Nation, The New Yorker, New York,
Vogue, Mirabella, Harper's Bazaar,
Psychology Today, Saturday Review and
American Theatre. He is the
author of People Tell Me Things,
a story collection, The Man With the
Overcoat, a novel, Humpty
Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's
First Year in Verse and Great Dates
With Some Late Greats, a story
collection.
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"The face is
familiar. Elihu knows he can easily place it. He
doesn't complete the thought because the young
man speaks... 'My name is Ethan Haas. My mother
is Emily Haas. You're my
father.'"
In his twenties Elihu Goulding was a famous, award-winning author of two novels. His work brought fame and fortune and yet he stopped writing. Instead, he traveled, renting various places in which to live. Each time he appreciated the solitude of his newest surroundings. Now Eli is entering his senior years and adapting to his latest rental, a New York City brownstone. One day, while taking a shower, Eli hears the front door buzzer ring, followed by assertive thumps from the door knocker. Once he is dressed and has decided the disturbance must be addressed, Eli opens the door to find a carbon copy of his younger self. Whether Eli likes it or not, an unknown chapter in his life is about to begin. |
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Late Dates With Some Late
Greats
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Speed dating with Jane
Austen and watching Marilyn Monroe fulfill her
life’s dream of playing Hamlet on a New York
stage, while Babe Ruth plays sandlot baseball with a
group of New Jersey teenagers are only a sample of
the wonderful stories to be found in David
Finkle’s new collection. Homer, Machiavelli,
Harry Truman, Mona Lisa, and many more are brought
to life in the 21st Century to bring their
perspectives, opinions, and personalities to an
unassuming narrator who can not believe his good
fortune. After all, wouldn’t we all like to
meet Elvis, or Jesus for that matter? Told with
Finkle’s signature wit and sharp eye for the
ironic and absurd in life, Great Dates With Some
Late Greats will inspire readers’ imagination
and leave them laughing for more.David Finkle is a
writer and journalist focusing on the arts and
politics.
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"Finkle is that rare writer who achieves great effects
without seeming to try."
— Roger Ebert
— Roger Ebert
A collection of short stories under the
title
"Great Dates With Some Late
Greats."
In each one a famous dead person
appears in the life of someone who needs help in some way.
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The Man With the Overcoat
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People Tell Me Things
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