Chicago: The Expat Series: Book 1

By Daniel Spero

Somewhere between the Brown Line and breakdown.

Ever shared a drafty apartment with a hoarding stutterer, ducked eviction calls from your slumlord, and watched your girlfriend dissolve into a blur of bar hookups?

Welcome to Chicago, Daniel Spero's laugh-so-you-don't-cry tale of Julian Jakos, a broke, weed-smoking writer drifting between Craigslist apartments, doomed relationships, and sub-zero winters. This semi-autobiographical novel is a darkly comic descent into heartbreak, burnout, and the messy business of self-reinvention in early-2000s America.

After a wrecked relationship in Boston, Julian heads to Chicago hoping for a fresh start. What he finds is eviction threats, existential dread, and the kind of soul-searching that only happens when you're high, alone, and 26. Chicago is a raw, lyrical ode to the dreamers who don't make it, and the bills that still do.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1453611347
• ISBN13: 9781453611340
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"