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    Kafka's Hairbrush (Short Story)
    Kafka's Hairbrush (Short Story)
    Kafka's Hairbrush (Short Story)
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    Kafka's Hairbrush (Short Story)

    By Stefano Boscutti

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    Someone's having a bad hair day.

    Anxious writer Franz K. waits for the pharmacy in Prague's old square to open so he can purchase a bottle of his favorite hair tonic. Why are they late? What is wrong with the clerk? Why can't he understand a word he says?

    "Kafka’s Hairbrush" is an analeptic literary love story. A little pick-me-up.

    Can the fretful writer ever settle his nerves?

    'Fine and thought provoking, full of insight into the creative process and the obligations of the writer.' Yvonne Thibault

    'Dark, unsettling pastiche of the life and times of Franz Kafka slips easily under the skin.' Paul Stein

    'Polished, elegant and impeccably written. Never strained or fussy.' Robert Seban

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStefano Boscutti
    Release dateJan 31, 2012
    ISBN9780980712599
    Kafka's Hairbrush (Short Story)
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    Stefano Boscutti

    STEFANO BOSCUTTI is an award-winning writer and director.He loves stories about true mavericks and outsiders who want to change the world. Larger than life characters who either wildly succeed or go down in flames. (Often both at the same time.) Boscutti's stories are usually laced with humor and a ton of irony.

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      Kafka's Hairbrush (Short Story) - Stefano Boscutti

      The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.' Gustave Flaubert

      KAFKA'S HAIRBRUSH

      Stefano Boscutti

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Stefano Boscutti

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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      This is a work of fiction. While many of the characters portrayed here have counterparts in the life and times of John Grisham, the characterizations and incidents presented are products of the author's imagination.

      KAFKA'S HAIRBRUSH

      Something is surely amiss, thinks Kafka.

      He has been pacing outside the pharmacy in the old town square for almost half an hour, waiting for the store to open on this fine autumn day. He is anxious to be back at

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