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R.S. Gompertz
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No roads lead to Rome
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2009
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The Expat's Pajamas: Barcelona
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2010
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Life's Big Zoo
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2017
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Aqueduct to Nowhere
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Quirk In Progress
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"Life's Big Zoo:" Coming of Age in Laurel Canyon, 1968
“Life’s Big Zoo” started off as a memoir and, like most memoirs, quickly turned into a fictional catcher in the rye bread, Jewish with an emphasis on “-ish” coming of age story set in L.A.’s Laurel Canyon, summer of ‘68 housed in an eclectic family with a refugee father, missing-in-action mother, wannabe rock star brother, wise and feisty Holocaust-surviving granny, and a suspected Nazi neigh Read more of this blog post »
“I’ve lived for nothing and might soon die for less. My Life, Part One will be cancelled midway through the first season”
― Life's Big Zoo
― Life's Big Zoo
“If the future of the free world depends on me, please accept my apology in advance”
― Life's Big Zoo
― Life's Big Zoo
“I’ve lived for nothing and might soon die for less. My Life, Part One will be cancelled midway through the first season”
― Life's Big Zoo
― Life's Big Zoo
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Thanks for the friend request. Glad we got to chat on Twitter awhile back!
Hello R.S.,
It's such a pleasure having you for a friend. I am looking forward to reading your work! Thank you and best wishes to you.
Warmest regards,
CJ