Fizz

By Paul A. Toth

Meet Ray Pulaski. With no real personality of his own, Pulaski reinvents himself as Ray Style, rock star and neighborhood gigolo...only the neighborhood isn't buying his story. Soon Ray sets off... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932557032
• ISBN13: 9781932557039
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Bleak House Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Toth is onto something BIG!

So many times writers try their best to produce something original, something profoundly great, something honest, that they fumble everything and produce a book that makes no judgments. Toth delivers everything you'd expect from a talented writer. FIZZ is genuine and refreshing, just as any reader would demand of a novel. Ray Pulaski, the protagonist and essentially the antagonist, finds himself in situations that will make you both tear and chuckle madness. If more writers mimicked Toth, readers would have mental climaxes every time they sat down to read.

Outstanding book from a talented writer

Fizz is the best new book I've read in a long time. I agree with others who say they couldn't put it down. I read it every spare minute I had and when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it. With his captivating writing style and incredible imagination Paul Toth has created a wonderfully quirky character in Ray Pulaski who is both lovable and at the same time deeply disturbing. I cared about Ray in a way I don't usually care about fictional characters. I cheered Ray on as I followed him through his sometimes funny, often tragic journey.This book will make you a huge fan of the very talented Paul A. Toth.

A worthy read by a talented up-and-comer

In his novel, FIZZ, Paul Toth introduces the reader to Ray, a rollicking, blank-slate of a man, with a bank book in his pocket, all the time in the world, and ne'ery a clue what to do with either. He's searching for his aunt, for answers about his mother's death; searching for something to do with the afternoon, and the rest of his life. Not to mention, he's searching for the perfect Long Island Iced Tea. What he finds along the way is more troublesome, interesting, harrowing, and hilarious than Ray or the reader might have anticipated.Paul Toth is not only a natural storyteller, he's one hell of a talented writer. Scenes rooted in the mundane, the everyday pop with clarity and color -- vividly and violently -- and are so often entertaining. His character, Ray Style, is part Candide, part Holden Caulfield, with the luck of Ignatius Reilly forever being spun downword by ruthless Fortuna.FIZZ is a short comic novel that belongs on every bookshelf.--Matthew St. Amand, author of AS MY SPARKS FLY UPWARD

Bad Title, Good Read

Author captures stream-of-consciousness snapshot of a certain mental state in a way that entertains. Though you might not want to be Ray Pulaski, it's actually amusing to spend a few hours reading through his quirky experiences. Similar to the cinematic experience of such wonderful movies as, "Drugstore Cowboy" and "Requiem for a Dream," reading this book shows you A Way You'll Never Be, from the safety of your easy chair. You will laugh, often perhaps in spite of yourself, but mostly because laughter is also a sign of nervousness. Truth and accuracy usually makes sensitive readers nervous. Now I have to go wash this scum from my body.

A Disturbingly Entertaining Psychological Journey.

Toth brings the reader on an insightful and entertaining journey through the tortured lives of Ray Pulaski with his gritty yet refreshingly fluid writing. I practically couldn't put it down and when I did, I couldn't wait to pick it back up.