Down and Out in the Ivy League

Just as William Faulkner was miserable in college (he was called "Count-no-Count" because of his shabby clothes) so was J. G. Eccarius's protagonist Jay, who is portrayed as going hungry and being penniless while attending Brown University. No wonder his stories and novels often have an "eat the rich" theme. In the sections about Jay's childhood we see a fellow altar-boy first molested and then murdered by a priest. But the humor here is not always dark: there is also a story about helping out two children in trouble and one about Christian fanatics who spend all their time destroying fossils so no one will be deluded into believing in Evolution. The book ends with a flashback to Roman times where a Jewish peasant has visions of the future where he will be the Charles Manson, and therefore starts prophesying and believing he is the Son of God. This book is not to be missed if you have a sense of humor about religion, politics, or life.

Contents:

• All Rights Reserved
• Mining the Ore of Oblivion
• Playdolls
• The Skull
• The Shoe
• Down and Out in the Ivy League (with "The Tunnel Thing")
• The End of My Life of Crime
• McCormick's Reaper
• The Death March
• Forks
• Fat Wars
• ManSon