Bad Jews and Other Stories

“Brimming with keen insight into the psyches of hilarious, even lovable, losers, the wacky brilliance of these remarkable stories marks Shapiro as a writer to watch.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Bad Jews marks the emergence of another original voice on the contemporary Jewish American literary scene—a voice that registers in often richly comic and profoundly moving ways.”—Forward

“Gerald Shapiro casts an incisive eye over his contemporaries.”—New York Times Book Review

“Shapiro shows his readers the way home both emotionally and spiritually with his abiding compassion and tightly wound humor.”—Booklist