Diner Under the El

Many people think that the &quote;baby boomers&quote; all became successful and wealthy. Raanan Geberers New York-based &quote;The Diner Under the El,&quote; however, shines the spotlight on people usually ignored in fiction. These are people who are somewhat shy, or dont have the type of outgoing self-confidence idealized by American society, and are often made to suffer for it. &quote;The Diner Under the El&quote; takes place from 1987 to 1991, and focuses on three young Jewish men in their mid-thirties from the Pelham Parkway neighborhood of the north Bronx, N.Y. Every week, they go to singles events, and afterward, they meet at the &quote;diner under the el&quote; to commiserate. Change inevitably comes to their lives. One loses himself in ultra-right-wing conspiracy theories and sadistic sexual fantasies; the second, a would-be rock musician, sees his paste-up job becoming rapidly obsolete; and the third finds salvation with an off-beat woman who introduces him to poetry, New Age mysticism and pop psychology, with hilarious results. Author Raanan Geberer describes &quote;The Diner Under the El&quote; as something like &quote;Seinfeld,&quote; but with a tragi-comic twist. Enjoy!