"Malcolm Clay is the story of everyman." —Nancy Qualls-Corbett "a powerful kick at the American way of life"—Daryl Sharp, Inner City Books "LeRoi is ostensibly a novel, and not overtly psychological, but it lays bare the psychic plight of a middle-aged salesman looking for meaning. It is a powerful kick at the American way of life — ambition, success, money and power — but it is redemptive in the narrator's search for internal Eros and an outer relationship he can trust himself to believe in." —Daryl Sharp, Publisher, Inner City Books "a journey of expanded awareness." —Midwest Book Review "The first in a series of seven novels by author Mel Mathews, LeRoi is a novel following the seemingly ordinary man Malcolm Clay, whose car breaks down and whose cell phone suddenly dies, stranding him by a garage and a diner. Malcolm has lived a seemingly successful life, but at what cost? An introspective allegory about the search for prosperity of the soul, a need that lingers despite fulfilling the needs of the body, LeRoi tracks its self-assured, at times sardonic, yet inwardly incomplete protagonist on a journey of expanded awareness. Also highly recommended are the sequels of Malcolm's adventures, Menopause Man and SamSara." —Midwest Book Review
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