Neal Pollack
Neal Pollack
Neal Pollackis an American satirist, novelist, short story writer, and journalist. He lives in Austin, Texas. Pollack has written ten books: The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, Never Mind the Pollacks, Beneath the Axis of Evil, Alternadad, Stretch, Jewball, Downward-Facing Death,Open Your Heart, Repeat, and Keep Mars Weird. He is also a three-time Jeopardy! champion...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 March 1970
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I wanted a 1950s, jazzy feel. Neal asked me what section of the city I wanted to do, and I totally wanted to do the Green Mill. I wanted to do that neighborhood.
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I decided that I wanted to do my own collection about a city that I knew something about,
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Typically, the protagonist of a noir work is an alienated loner. A Packer fan in Chicago -- who could be more alienated than that?
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We now have evidence that Saddam Hussein is in possession of cartoon trucks. Because (they) are cartoon trucks, that means that they can fall into a very deep canyon with an anvil attached to them and still survive.