Eating at Arby's: The South Florida stories
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (925 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0881000175 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 20 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A parodist and satirist so timely his brothers and sisters may not yet discern themselves in his mirror." -- Jaimy Gordon, American Book Review"Equidistant between Hemingway and Dick and Jane." -- Ivan Gold, The New York Times Book Review
Laughed a lot This is wierd and funny little book. It's told in a silly, 1st-grade reader tone and makes fun of the people who live in Flordia.. Annoying- Not Funny Daerius Eating at Arby's is not really funny, and embraces every stereotype existing about the people of South Florida. Not entertaining in the slightest, unless you are a simpleton who is predisposed to broad-based stereotypes about Jews, blacks, Cubans, gays and others who make up the population of Fort Lauderdale. Don't bother!. Lori Oller said The style of writing is like a first graders. I could barely make it through the first couple of chapters. The style of writing is like a first graders. I know it's suppose to sound like old people but, this is just to much for my brain to handle. I did like the references to all the places that I grew up with in South Florida.
He wrote this book with an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Florida Arts Council. Richard Grayson is the author of nine books of fiction. A lawyer, computer education consultant, nutritionist, and college professor, he has published articles in The New York Times, The San Jose Mercury News, The Miami Herald, and People.
Meet Manny and his wife Zelda, residents of a South Florida condo where the salad bar is always crowded during the early bird special; Jose, owner of a clothing store on Calle Ocho whose cheerfulness is exceeded only by his hatred of Fidel Castro; Bob and Chip, who go to Fort Lauderdale beach to meet nice college boys on spring break; Lois, an African American chiropractor who loves cracking white people's backs; Ortenzia, just off the Mariel boatlift and managing Arby's salad bar so that the denizens of Century Village can get their fill of veggies and pilfer packs of Sweet 'n' Low.