Jimmy Two-Shoes

By Leonard Wise

Young, handsome Jimmy Two-shoes’ parents were indifferent to him from the moment he was born, but they selfishly adored each other. So it was left up to his loving and intellectual grandmother to raise him. An accident kills the parents, cripples Grandma, and puts Jimmy in a temporary coma. Once Jimmy recovers, he and Grandma decide to move out of the cold of Lake Tahoe and down to the warm weather of Culver City in Southern California. It’s a struggle for them moneywise, but then something happens to change their lives for the better. A sleazy, hateful bookie they call “Ham,” among other derogatory names, has his office downstairs below Jimmy’s apartment. When the local Mob murders the bookie for a bad debt, Jimmy, with his group of weird and comical friends including Bitsy, Rabbit, Mazy and others, take over the business. Things are going well until the Mob begins to come after Jimmy. That is when the real fun begins.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leonard Wise
• Release date: Mar 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301757237

Leonard Wise

Born and raised in Hudson, New York, Len spent three years in the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers. After service, he received his F.C.C. Engineering License and worked in radio for a few years before studying writing at Manhattan’s New School of Social Research. In addition to Diggstown, Len is the author of five other published novels, a number of them bestsellers: The Big Biazarro, Doc's Legacy, The Judean, Center Street, and Center Street—The Women. Since being in California, he has been a Story Analyst at several of the Major Studios and has taught writing at UCLA. He is also a noted artist with constant sales of his paintings.

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