"Stern" is the quintessential example of "black humor" (a phrased coined by author Bruce Jay Friedman) - comedy that makes you squirm, tragedy that makes you giggle.
When Stern moves with his wife and small sun to the suburbs,he expects to find greenery, good neighbors and peace of mind. Instead, he lands center stage in the "Age of Anxiety". Bugs attack his bushes. The "kike-man", Stern's name for the anti-Semite down the street, insults his wife. Every conceivable fantasy of disaster assails his fevered mind. He gets a world-class ulcer. Only Bruce Jay Friedman could make this situation into one of the most hilarious dark comic novels of the last century.
3 cassettes, plus Listener's Guide. Approx. 4.5 hours.
