"Running the Light" by Sam Tallent

Itaewon Book Club is back in business! Everyone who enjoys great world literature is welcom

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Debauched, divorced and courting death, Billy Ray Schafer is a comedian who has forgotten how to laugh. Over the course of seven spun-out days across the American Southwest, he travels from from hell gig to hell gig in search of a reason to keep living in this bleak and violent glimpse into the psyche of a thoroughly ruined man. Ex-inmate, ex-husband, ex-father - comedian is the only title Schafer has left. Trapped in the wreckage of his wasted career, Billy Ray knows the answer to the question: what happens when the opportunity doesn’t come - or worse - it comes and goes?

"Brilliant writing. Astounding. One of the best books i have read. Ever. The best fictional representation of comedy in any medium ever."
-Doug Stanhope, "Iconoclast"

"A hell of a novel. Too fucked up to miss"
-Ron White, "American Institution"

"Chaotic bliss. Vivid...electric...read like cinema"
-The Denver Post

We will discuss the entire book

special note- . . This book can be ordered and bought at Gyobo Bookstore. If you have problems finding the book, let me know.

If you have any questions or need help trying find the place please give me a call. 010- 7224-7803. Call or text. I will be available. My email is chrisjteacher@gmail.com