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Alan Blair is a quirky, problem‑smitten writer whose life spirals from Montclair, New Jersey, where he gets into a scrape with his gun‑toting uncle Irwin of the NRA. With his loyal valet Jeeves, Alan flees to shelter in a Hasidic enclave in Sharon Springs, New York, only to face further complications involving a woman. The chase leads the pair to a renowned artist colony in Saratoga Springs, where Alan meets a striking femme fatale who owns a famously spectacular nose—an encounter that promises chaos for the beleaguered writer and tests Jeeves's ability to keep things under control.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Jonathan Ames
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