Eli, Ely

"Unstable, struggling writer, Eli Trocchi is in a relationship with serious grad student, Jennifer Ely ... In this tragicomedy, Miss Ely breaks up with Eli the same week he is fired from a sales job. Humiliated, the writer proceeds to have a meltdown both hilarious and sad, reflecting upon a lifetime of bad decisions and abject failure. Through Eli, we discover another San Francisco, one as eccentric and deelply flawed as the character himself"--P. [4] of cover.