Years ago, "Leonard Park" was a modest, middle class, Jewish community. But there must have been something in the air or water, something in those dark gray apartment houses to spawn the likes of Robert and Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Penny Marshall, Rudy Brodtsky and Michael Levine. Rudy and Mike who? They are the two protagonists of EXCESS BAGGAGE, a coming of age novel set in this funny, complex, proud neighborhood. Although the two boys have known each other for years, Mike becomes Rudy's Svengali, when Brodtsky gives up his beloved basketball to follow another pursuit -- girls. Their...
Years ago, "Leonard Park" was a modest, middle class, Jewish community. But there must have been something in the air or water, something in those dar...
