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Irv's Odyssey: To the Light and Beyond (Book Two)
by
Irving H. Podolsky (Goodreads Author)
Irv's still employed at the mental hospital, a place where all the people who don't "fit in" get jobs behind locked doors. It's a crazy circus and Irv's life is far from settling down. A free-loading porn stud and con man moves into our lad's apartment, and the jerk won't leave It gets worse. Irv discovers the place where humanity hides it's most shameful secret. And it's...more
Paperback, 202 pages
Published
June 1st 2011
by Mill City Press, Inc.
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This is the second book in a terrific first-person picaresque trilogy of a young man's "fresh out of college" adventures in the early '70s, aptly titled an Odyssey, because the journey of his life quickly veers in every crazy direction imaginable when all he really wants is something approaching “normality” – whatever that is. Irving seems to think he’ll recognize “normal” when he eventually sees it, but as readers we’re not too sure as we go along with Irv on his wild ride through life.
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Picking up where the first book left off, we find Irv in the middle of a dead end job, with a basic demeanor of the unfulfilled human. Of course, when you are still learning who you will be, and finding your way, the tolerance for monotony and unfulfilling jobs is incredibly low. Irv finds himself moving from one dead end job to the next, with the humor and self-awareness that punctuates his narrative keeping the reader entertained. A houseguest from hell, and the only potential for change leads...more
Irv's Odyssey: To the Light and Beyond (Book Two)by Irving H. Podolsky
Book two picks up perfectly where we were left off in book one. Irv is still working at the mental hospital with the new position as a film editor, hired to do a documentary on the hospital.
Once again he find this job non fulfilling and ends up in other menial jobs, such as busboy, dishwasher and waiter. He has his old "friend" from California drop by, who soon becomes the house guest from hell. He has his share of women, all...more
Book two picks up perfectly where we were left off in book one. Irv is still working at the mental hospital with the new position as a film editor, hired to do a documentary on the hospital.
Once again he find this job non fulfilling and ends up in other menial jobs, such as busboy, dishwasher and waiter. He has his old "friend" from California drop by, who soon becomes the house guest from hell. He has his share of women, all...more
I did prefer the first Irv's Odyssey book to this one. I can't really put my finger on why. I think maybe a little less happened, but I also didn't like Irv so much in this book. He seemed a little self-centred in this one, especially towards the end. He makes a big thing of having morals, and debates things with himself but doesn't really seem to listen to his own debates!v He was more decisive in this book however, it's almost as if he has gone in the opposite direction, rather than debating w...more
This book picks up right were we left off in Book one. Irv is still working at the mental hospital. But he now has a new position film editor, he was hired to do a documentary on the hospital. Once again Irv feels this job is non fulfilling and ends up working other menial jobs such as a waiter, dishwasher and busboy. When he has an old friend from California drop by , who becomes the house guest from hell. Irv has his share of women . But his life course really changes when he decides to take a...more
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Irving Podolsky resides in the mind of this writer and within the trilogy, Irv's Odyssey. As your storyteller, I’d like to share the adventure with your younger YOU, that which seeks fun, romance and a wild ride into the Unknown.
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