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Thus does a horse walks into a bar begin, when dov calls lazar a week or two before the netanya gig and invites him to the show. The bar owner pauses for a second, then replies well then give him one, but charge him double. An audience that has come expecting an evening of amusement instead sees a comedian falling apart on stage. He must contend with drunk owners, a family in turmoil, and a bank foreclosure if he hopes to save. Its central interest is not the vicious treatment of vulnerable others but the. The book is not divided into chapters, but rather is one long passage that mirrors the long and often painful endurance required to sit through the comedians performance. Taking place in the israeli city of netanya, dovaleh greenstein has invited a high school friend from military camp, avishai lavar, to watch the performance and then let.
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