Dive Into Community Pool, the Funny, Filthy, Wild, and Sweet Second Novel From Acclaimed Author Keith James
[NEW YORK, NY] The entire town of Chubbuck, Idaho, loathes Jerry Yatsko. Even his family can’t stand him, including his openly cheating wife and huge dork of a son. Daily visits to the local municipal pool don’t quite bring the family togetherness that Jerry desperately craves, but it does help him stumble on a portal that blurs the lines between reality and dreamland. His actions in one place can change his fate in the other, and Jerry — as well as a young and unpredictable friend — can use this powerful tool to either take revenge on the monsters of Chubbuck or protect the people that he still, somehow, and begrudgingly, deeply loves.
Come on in, the water’s fine in Community Pool (ISBN: 978-1-954158-32-0). It’s a misanthropic and profane comedy that transforms into a powerful, moving sci-fi adventure through space, time, and the human heart.
“I wrote this book as a brand new dad, in the middle of the pandemic. My wife, my daughter, and I were living with my mother-in-law. I thought a lot about communities,” author Keith James says. “What is my obligation to the community? What is the community’s obligation to me? If I say, ‘screw this community,’ when would I be wrong and when would I be right?”
A novel as emotionally raw as it is laugh out loud and utterly unpredictable, COMMUNITY POOL (ISBN 978-1-954158-32-0) is available in paperback format wherever books are sold, distributed by IngramSpark, and on assorted e-book platforms. To request a review copy, or to set up an event featuring COMMUNITY POOL and Keith James, please contact Humorist Books: brian@humoristbooks.com
About the Author
Keith James is a writer and performer from San Diego. He has trained and performed at Pack Theater, iO West, and UCB. Community Pool is his second novel, following the acclaimed dark comic fantasy Greg Maxwell’s Inferno (Humorist Books). He also writes and hosts the Gus Biblowitz: Basketball Legend audio series.
