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Goobersville Breakdown
You think you’ve got troubles? Meet Neil Nudelman who’s down and out in Upstate New York. Disaster is his middle name. He’s feeding his family from dumpsters. He’s arrested, beaten, harassed by his neighbors and betrayed by the last of his friends.
Watching helplessly as life comes crashing down about his ears, Nudelman struggles for sanity and some shred of human dignity.
Sounds horrible? But it’s not! In fact, Lieberman has pulled off one of the funniest and literate books, capturing the pain of America and letting you laugh at it. You’ll laugh until it hurts.
Publishers Weekly - "Lieberman's novel is permeated by a raw flip brand of humor that hits its mark."
Gannett News Service - "Finely honed sense of life's incongruities, biting satire and extraordinary humor."
Los Angeles Times - "Robert Lieberman's Goobersville Breakdown...plainly is a laughing matter...one of those rare success stories."
Watching helplessly as life comes crashing down about his ears, Nudelman struggles for sanity and some shred of human dignity.
Sounds horrible? But it’s not! In fact, Lieberman has pulled off one of the funniest and literate books, capturing the pain of America and letting you laugh at it. You’ll laugh until it hurts.
Publishers Weekly - "Lieberman's novel is permeated by a raw flip brand of humor that hits its mark."
Gannett News Service - "Finely honed sense of life's incongruities, biting satire and extraordinary humor."
Los Angeles Times - "Robert Lieberman's Goobersville Breakdown...plainly is a laughing matter...one of those rare success stories."
226 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1979
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About the author
Robert H. Lieberman
7 books5 followersRobert H. Lieberman is a novelist, film director, and a long-time member of the Physics faculty at Cornell University. Initially he came to Cornell to study to be a veterinarian, but ended up becoming an electrical engineer and doing research in neurophysiology. He has also been professor of mathematics, engineering and the physical sciences and was recently awarded the John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching at Cornell University.
— From wikipedia
Lieberman's first success as a novelist was "Paradise Rezoned, which sold over 300,000 copies. It has been issued in a new edition available on Kindle and Amazon. His other books including "Baby," Goobersville Breakdown" and "Perfect People" are now available in new editions. “The Last Boy” his latest novel (Source Books) continues to be a strong seller. All of his books tend to be page-turners that plunge the reader into the lives of richly imagined characters and worlds.
Lieberman's most recent film "They Call It Myanmar" was a New York Times Critics' Pick and was selected by Roger Ebert as one of the top dozen documentary films of 2012. See a trailer at: http://www.theycallitmyanmar.com
He is the writer/director of "Green Lights," a comedy: http://www.ithacafilms.com
— From wikipedia
Lieberman's first success as a novelist was "Paradise Rezoned, which sold over 300,000 copies. It has been issued in a new edition available on Kindle and Amazon. His other books including "Baby," Goobersville Breakdown" and "Perfect People" are now available in new editions. “The Last Boy” his latest novel (Source Books) continues to be a strong seller. All of his books tend to be page-turners that plunge the reader into the lives of richly imagined characters and worlds.
Lieberman's most recent film "They Call It Myanmar" was a New York Times Critics' Pick and was selected by Roger Ebert as one of the top dozen documentary films of 2012. See a trailer at: http://www.theycallitmyanmar.com
He is the writer/director of "Green Lights," a comedy: http://www.ithacafilms.com
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