<p><b>Winner of the 2000 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest</b></p> <p>A capricious comedy of errors, <i>Small Apartments</i> resonates with tremulous energy and memorable characters. Franklin is a fully realized and sympathetic protagonist in the vein of Ignatius Reilly (<i>A Confederacy of Dunces</i>), a simple man who yearns for "e;a land of pastoral serenity"e; devoid of the irritants of contemporary urban life. An offbeat tale, <i>Small Apartments</i> is accented along the way by murder, strange fingernail collections, and the occasional blast from a treasured alphorn.</p>