Timothy's Take-Out - The Little Novel That Could
Who knew that Paul J. Barker’s book about beleaguered restaurant employees and obnoxious restaurant patrons would become such a hit? Certainly not Barker himself.
(PRWEB) April 28, 2005 -- Perhaps there are solid reasons for Timothy’s
Take-Out’s success. For one thing, it was penned by Paul J. Barker, who even
today continues to eat, sleep and breathe fast food. He operates a restaurant in
Southern Ontario (that he wishes to assure everyone is nothing like Timothy’s
Take-Out), and probably has more service-related yarns to spin than anyone in
the business.
The story itself is irresistible: Introverted loner Carl
Fellows can spend summer at the beach -- only if he hires on at the wildest fast
food joint in otherwise tranquil Robinson’s Pt. Young Mr. Fellows takes the job,
and is immediately besieged by that which he hates most: swarms and swarms of
insufferable human beings. Rather than give up the job (or embark on a mad
killing spree), he channels his rage into a somewhat unrealistic pursuit of fame
and fortune. When not flipping burgers, he’s either in the gym preparing for his
next amateur boxing match or holed up in his dilapidated beach house writing
music.
Being as versatile as a Swiss army knife doesn’t hurt this novel,
either. There is something for everyone within its pages. If it’s a love story
you seek, you will be charmed (and just a little bit disturbed) by Fellows’
hopeless obsession with a coworker several years younger than himself. Adventure
abounds as our hero becomes a veritable Tasmanian Devil in the boxing ring, and
single-handedly wages war upon a very unusual street gang. Add a pinch of
mystery to the proceedings, and a humongous dollop of comedy, and you have one
of the most compulsively readable novels of this generation or any other:
“Timothy’s Take-Out.”
Another great thing about this novel – you do not
have to leave the sanctity of your computer room to order a copy. Simply click
on this link – http://www.dontlikemyjob.com - or drop by most any major
online bookstore.
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