Taking It on the Lam by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

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It turned out to be a quick, simple read about a guy, down on his luck, who gets into a whole heap of trouble by trying to make things financially better for his wife, by breaking the law. The theme is strangely familiar to me though I can’t place it. Ulysses? Odin? I made a mental note, writing it on the ice, that I’d someday have to re-check the classical details.

Joe Norson lived with his wife and her parents in New York City.

It wasn’t very pleasant as he had just lost his gas station job and found some work which didn’t pay very well. He had become a part-time mail carrier, and was given the routes with the loose and aggressive dogs. Because he wanted the best for his pregnant wife Ellen (nee Frigg), Joe did his best to dodge salivating

Taking It on the Lam