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    There Is No Mrs. Gezunterman
    There Is No Mrs. Gezunterman
    There Is No Mrs. Gezunterman
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    There Is No Mrs. Gezunterman

    By Kevin Mednick

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    When a movie theater projector of a large theater chain breaks down, a surly theater manager refuses to give an old woman her refund because she cannot find her ticket stub. That’s when Frank Rooney, an easy-going chemistry professor, rises up to take the manager – and corporate arrogance – by the throat. Frank gets himself arrested and his trial becomes the flashpoint for massive protests organized by TULP – Treat Us Like People – a nascent group of citizens frustrated by corporate indifference and consumer abuse. Max Rodriguez, an aimless but charismatic recent college grad, stumbles into the job of TULP Spokesman. Working with Max to harness the mass frustration over corporate behavior are Boris Petrovich, a Russian immigrant engineer turned plumber, Alexander Hammermill, a millionaire artist/landowner whose property becomes the scene of a insurgent encampment, Gus DeMauro, a California contractor who remembers the good old days at Berkeley, and Christina Clark, real estate and computer whiz who clicks and drags her older cohorts into protest, social media style.

    Ronney’s defense is taken up by Cowboy Bob Sheridan, a flamboyant, publicity seeking attorney whose seminars are billed as: “Never Lose A Case – Can’t Miss Pointers From a Fell Who Never Has.” At Frank’s trial, Sheridan quotes authorities as varied as the Book of Deuteronomy and the writings of John Adams to argue that the basis for human relations comes from concepts far nobler than the common functionary’s excuse: “It’s company policy.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKevin Mednick
    Release dateOct 16, 2012
    ISBN9781939113054
    There Is No Mrs. Gezunterman
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    Kevin Mednick

    KEVIN MEDNICK grew up in the Catskill Mountains resort town of Woodridge, NY. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and the University of Southern California law school. His legal career includes stints as an Assistant District Attorney, house counsel for an insurance company, associate counsel for a large personal injury defense firm, and law clerk for a County Court Judge. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Bendall and Mednick, which handles personal injury and medical malpractice cases for plaintiffs. He has three children and lives and works near Albany, NY.

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      Whew! Finally finished with this GoodReads FirstReads win. As much as I liked the last 4th of the book when things finally came together, the first half was almost painful to get through. It's not that it's bad exactly, it's just that it didn't click with me. Whether it's the book itself (which I think not because I did enjoy the last part of it immensely) or current life events that have me tied up in knots that made it this way for me, but for whatever reason, I mostly just wanted to get the reading of this book over with. It's not that long, only 205 pages, but it took me over a week to drag myself through the first hundred pages. I finished the last 105 this evening. I also think one needs to be of either an older generation or younger generation than I to appreciate many of the references and mentions in this book.My main difficulty with the first half of the book is there's no sense of cohesiveness and too many characters with too many different situations being introduced too rapidly, and the links between them are not even moderately apparent until we get to the middle portion of the book. The first half almost reads like a string of incredibly short stories that have little if anything to do with each other except that they're printed within the same book covers as each other. Again, current life issues and stresses may have gotten in the way of my making connections that other readers will make naturally and thus will allow them to enjoy the book more than I did. Also, I only found the book mildly amusing and certainly not a "rollicking consumer rights tale" (Kirkus) as advertised on the book. Consumer rights, yes. Rollicking, no. Again, personal issues may have interfered.Overall, if you're looking for a light read and like it when the little guy takes on corporate monstrosities, you'll like this book. Especially if you like the story told in more a fairytale fashion than reality (I mean, come on...a random multimillionaire on the side of consumer rights and a woman who shorts out electronics just with her presence? Really?).

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