Polk is an old semi-literate Greek immigrant and disillusioned Communist who hungers for respect, especially from young Rudy, whom he likes to think of as his son. Rudy, whose father died young, hungers for the life experience of this strangely appealing social misfit. The two spend a day in Coney Island seeking not so much amusement as each other. Polk's resistance to telling the unpalatable truth about himself is matched by the boy's insistence on hearing it, as well as by his youthful dream of a perfect revolutionary society, even if that must trample hapless individuals like Polk. The...
Polk is an old semi-literate Greek immigrant and disillusioned Communist who hungers for respect, especially from young Rudy, whom he likes to think o...
Set in a New York corporate world threatened by apocalyptic fire, this story focuses on a business tycoon and a "freak" janitor who compete for love from the same woman and for immortality.
Set in a New York corporate world threatened by apocalyptic fire, this story focuses on a business tycoon and a "freak" janitor who compete for love f...
