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... And Then Along
Came Rudy

by Sam Schichter

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A very funny Jewish romp of a read that you quite simply won't want to put down.

This is a wonderful yarn spun by its protagonist Rudy Petinsky, a Jewish no-hoper who harbours ideas of becoming a best-selling author. Petinsky has to negotiate many obstacles along the way including his own family and domineering mother, a money-grabbing brother-in-law, and a totally insensitive and unhelpful publisher. The book's creator Sam Schichter has a terrific ear for dialogue and Petinsky's archetypal Jewish mother is absolutely brilliantly drawn. The book is peppered throughout with lines and situations that are riotously funny. The writing is excellent and there are certainly shades of Woody Allen, Philip Roth and Sue Margolis here. But I have to say that Schichter's sense of comedy outshines them all, and I found myself laughing out loud at much of the beautifully penned passages. The humour is really sharp and not at all laboured. Take, for instance, the following passage:
'And why did Julie love Leon? Because Julie didn’t expect too much from life, and because Julie was realistic and practical. She simply understood that if she wanted to get married she’d have to settle for second best. With Leon, she got seventh.'
There is a scene in which Petinsky takes a job as an insurance salesman and tries to sell a policy to an unsuspecting Managing Director. It is quite the funniest thing I have read in a long while, and my sides were literally hurting from laughing so much.
But like all great comedy writing, there is also a great deal of sensitivity, humanity and tenderness to the narrative, and you really do feel for the characters - particularly Rudy himself and his larger-than-life parents.
This is a first-class read that I would thoroughly recommend to anyone who appreciates having their funny bone well and truly tickled.

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  • BOOKSHELF
    • REVIEWS
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  • INTERVIEWS PAGE 1
    • PAUL WATERS
    • JESSICA NORRIE
    • DAVID F. ROSS
    • DREMA DRUDGE
    • CHRIS CHALMERS
    • MARK FARRER
    • SUE CLARK
    • HANNAH TOVEY
    • BELINDA HUNT
    • GLYNN HOLLOWAY
    • MARK EKLID
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    • CHARLES HARRIS
    • GRANT PRICE
    • L. C. TYLER
    • MALCOLM KNOTT
    • ASHOK FERREY
    • JULIAN DUTTON
    • P. J. ROSCOE
    • PRAMUDITH D. RUPASINGHE
    • LILY IONA MACKENZIE
  • INTERVIEWS PAGE 2
    • FRAN HILL
    • JACQUI CASTLE
    • IAN CRITCHLEY
    • RON IMPEY
    • C. J. BOOTH
    • NIKKI DUDLEY
    • JENNIFER IRWIN
    • BETH DUKE
    • VICKI OLSEN
    • PETE LANGMAN
    • PAULINE MORGAN
    • JONATHAN PEACE
    • SANDY MANNING
    • SHELLEY WILSON
    • REBECCA MARSH
    • ALAN GIBBONS
    • FIONA MORGAN
    • TOM ATKINS
    • JADI CAMPBELL
    • CHRISTOPHER BOWDEN
    • ANTHONY NEIL SMITH
    • A. A. CHAUDHURI
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    • JON RICHTER
    • CAROLYN HUGHES
    • TRISH MORAN
    • MADELINE DEWHURST
    • JEFF POLLAK
    • LOUISE FEIN
    • A. B. KYAZZE
    • JACK BYRNE
    • M. A. HUNTER
    • TESSA HARRIS
    • M. J. MALLON
    • P. R. BLACK
    • NINA SODEN
    • BILL ARNOTT
    • E. CHRIS AMBROSE
    • SAM BLAKE
    • PAUL KANE
    • DOUGLAS SKELTON
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  • INTERVIEWS PAGE 4
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    • LAUREN EMILY WHALEN
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    • PAM LECKY
    • MICHELE KWASNIEWSKI
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    • ROBERT CRAVEN
    • JOHN DARLING
    • RICHARD DEE
    • SOPHY LAYZELL
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  • RECOMMENDED READS
    • THE UPRIGHT PIANO PLAYER BY DAVID ABBOTT
    • 'ROOM 15' BY CHARLES HARRIS
    • 'MISS, WHAT DOES INCOMPREHENSIBLE MEAN?' BY FRAN HILL
    • THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF GIDON LEV
    • NOTE TO BOY BY SUE CLARK
    • A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
    • BLACKWATERTOWN BY PAUL WATERS
    • BENEATH A SCARLET SKY
    • PANTHEON BY SAM BOURNE
    • C: BECAUSE COWARDS GET CANCER TOO BY JOHN DIAMOND
    • THEN ALONG CAME RUDY BY SAM SCHICHTER
    • LIGHT FROM OTHER WINDOWS BY CHRIS CHALMERS
    • 'THE UNMARRIAGEABLE MAN' BY ASHOK FERREY
    • 'METHOD' BY PHILIP HENRY
    • OPERATION MINCEMEAT
    • The Curious Rise of Alex Lazarus by Adam Leigh
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