Sitting Shiva (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

When Charlie Fish's father is found dead in a cheap motel room, Charlie spends the traditional seven days of Jewish mourning, shiva, in search of why he and his father had become estranged. Detective yarn, coming-of-age story, confessional, and black comedy, this savagely funny and deeply tragic novel pits Charlie's youth in the 1950s against the gritty backdrop of the Motor City.