Stacey Levine's first long work of fiction takes the reader into the comic, yet dystopic world of the title character, who lives a drab and dreary life of utter dread. The Kafka-like workplace of Dra— comically reveals how the weak are driven mad.

Product Description: Jeffrey Reiner is a middle manager’s dream.Predictable, almost invisible, and lacking ambition, he’s held the same tedious job for eighteen years, typing up the calendar listings for a South Florida weekly. As the economy and the newspaper industry crashed around him, Jeffrey kept his head comfortably in the sand until he was terminated in the middle of his lunch hour...read more

Product Description: Jeffrey Reiner is stalling. After being laid off from a mundane job he held for eighteen years, he is in no hurry to get back to work, so he quickly dispenses with the nonsense of job counseling and resume building. Still, he knows that in order to make it through these economic times, he has no choice but to throw himself at any opportunities that come his way, no matter how humbling or embarrassing...read more