← Bruce Jay FriedmanThe Dickby Bruce Jay FriedmanAbsurdist noir following private eye in contemporary ManhattanFind on Amazon↗About the authorBruce Jay FriedmanBruce Jay Friedman was a pioneer of Black Humor in American fiction whose Stern and A Mother's Kisses drew on Jewish American anxiety with feverish comic intensity. He helped define the term 'black humor' for the postwar American literary scene.More by Bruce Jay FriedmanSternDark comic novel of neurotic Jewish New Yorker facing psychological breakdown→A Mother's KissesComic novel of overly protective Jewish mother dominating adult son→About Harry TownsNovel exploring Hollywood and adult male neurosis→Scuba DubaComic play adapting absurdist sexual misadventure→
