Responsible Men: A Novel

by Edward Schwarzschild

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Max Wolinsky comes from a family of mostly upstanding salesmen. On the eve of his son's bar mitzvah he returns home to Philadelphia where he plans to put the finishing touches on a not-so-honorable business transaction and then disappear quietly back to Florida. Nothing, however, goes as planned for this con man with a conscience. Honest, funny, and moving, Responsible Men is a portrait of three generations of men struggling to be good sons and good fathers in a world of big dreams and bigger temptations.… (more)

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Well written first novel about a family of men, the Wolinsky's, and one summer in their life. The elderly uncle and father live alone, and the son, Max (recently divorced) has returned to his home town for his son's bar mitzvah. Slow starting, but very enjoyable. Look forward from more from the author. (

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A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.
- - Arthur Miller

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For my father and his father.
And in memory of Mildred D. Merin

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One mid-June morning, Max Wolinsky sat in his LeSabre, getting ready to sell what would never exist.

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Max Wolinsky comes from a family of mostly upstanding salesmen. On the eve of his son's bar mitzvah he returns home to Philadelphia where he plans to put the finishing touches on a not-so-honorable business transaction and then disappear quietly back to Florida. Nothing, however, goes as planned for this con man with a conscience. Honest, funny, and moving, Responsible Men is a portrait of three generations of men struggling to be good sons and good fathers in a world of big dreams and bigger temptations.

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