Flat broke in Manhattan after an extended run of middle-aged adolescent bliss, unemployed salesman and writer, Lance Bedrosian, flees to the Bronx to reinvent himself. As the Prodigal Son of Pelham Parkway assimilates to strange surroundings, he lands a job at Sleep Dine and Furnish, and is then torn between the thrill of surviving and thriving on a competitive sales floor of sharks, or patiently establishing himself in a realm of writers and professors. A surprise romantic fling, and a prestigious job offer, force him to choose between what he believes he wants, and what he truly desires. Lance discovers that it’s never too late to start anew when you’ve got nothing to lose.
The Dire Wolf of Pelham Parkway, is an intense and hilarious expedition into the gut of a cutthroat sales floor. Determined to make this his last stand in retail, Lance battles management and peers, and forms strategic alliances as he attempts to claw his way into the elite club of top producers. In his spare time, Lance advances his writing career by finishing a book on Otis Redding, and he searches for love and happiness in a land where English is the second or third language.
Howard Weiner is author of Grateful Dead 1977: The Rise of Terrapin Nation, Positively Garcia, and Tangled Up in Tunes: Ballad of a Dylanhead. The Dire Wolf of Pelham Parkway is his first novel. These days, Howard resides near the Bronx Zoo.
The Dire Wolf of Pelham Parkway, is an intense and hilarious expedition into the gut of a cutthroat sales floor. Determined to make this his last stand in retail, Lance battles management and peers, and forms strategic alliances as he attempts to claw his way into the elite club of top producers. In his spare time, Lance advances his writing career by finishing a book on Otis Redding, and he searches for love and happiness in a land where English is the second or third language.
Howard Weiner is author of Grateful Dead 1977: The Rise of Terrapin Nation, Positively Garcia, and Tangled Up in Tunes: Ballad of a Dylanhead. The Dire Wolf of Pelham Parkway is his first novel. These days, Howard resides near the Bronx Zoo.
