The Great Depression
Alon Bersharder, Holly H Karloff
Paperback
(Independently published, May 15, 2017)
Character study of a depressed, socially awkward simpleton who plods through life, obsessed with landing full-time work and a girl. In between failed job interviews, he finds hope chatting with an enamored teen who lives halfway across the country, but his STD gives reason to call off their meeting. After concluding he's destined to be a temporary employee and die alone, he begins to wonder if life itself might be a waste of time.