Set in New York, 1980, the story revolves around Danny H, who is determined to succeed in placing his bizarre short stories with the literary or science-fiction magazines. The author's previous titles are "The Therapy of Avram Blok", "The Death of Moishe-Ganef", and "City of Blik".
Simon Louvish (born 1947 in Scotland) is an Israeli author and film maker. He has written many books about Avram Blok, a fictional Israeli caught up between wars, espionage, prophets, revolutions, loves, and a few near apocalypses.
He has also written biographies of W. C. Fields, The Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Laurel and Hardy, and Mack Sennett.