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Doorman Wanted
Hardcover
HumorGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Koehler Books
Published: Mar 26 2024
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
...gem of a novel... -Lorna Landvik, Last Circle of Love
...beautifully written story... -Robert Alexander, The Kitchen Boy
... deft touch of a master storyteller... -Greg Fields, Through the Waters and the Wild
An entertaining debut. -Sarah Stonich, Vacationland
Henry Franken has a problem with money-he has too much of it. When his unprincipled father dies, thirty-three-year-old Henry inherits a massive estate, including an Upper East Side residential building. He must confront the reality of his new financial status, directly conflicting with his well-honed identity as a progressive liberal. When he shows up to collect the keys to his father's building, he notices a sign: Doorman Wanted. Seeing a chance to stave off the complexities of his inheritance, Henry applies for the position under a pseudonym . . . and gets it. Now, no one in the building knows that Doorman Franklin Hanratty is the building's new mysterious owner.
Through interactions with residents and the homeless outside his door, Henry develops from an idealistic young person avoiding the demands of his fortune, into a man who accepts the opportunity to direct that wealth toward a broader good.
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