Back To ListWaiting for Ricky TantrumByJules LewisPublished October 2010PDF$ 17.99PDF$ 17.99Paperback$ 17.99ePub$ 9.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescription Long-listed for the 2011 ReLit Awards Jim Myers is a painfully shy kid living in Toronto’s west end Bloorcourt Village. Rarely is he able to muster enough courage to say anything beyond "ya" or "dunno." After school he hangs around with his neighbour and only friend, Oleg Khernofsky, playing basketball against a NO PARKING sign in a laneway. In the evenings, he haunts Nicky’s Diner, a restaurant owned by Oleg’s uncle. On the first day of junior high, Jim crosses paths with Charlie Crouse, a brash, mouthy kid full of wild stories about his past. Charlie takes Jim under his wing and introduces him to the electronic strip poker machine at the Fun Village Arcade in Koreatown, a Queen Street hooker who calls herself Steffi Graf, and the diverse sounds and utterances of his landlord’s three lovers. As Jim and Charlie’s friendship grows, however, the realities of looming adulthood seep into their lives with surprising consequences.Of Related InterestNina, the Bandit QueenJoey SlingerDead BrilliantChristopher WardBarrett Fuller's SecretScott CarterFestival ManGeoff BernerThe Indifference LeagueRichard ScarsbrookReviews Reading the novel is like listening to a dozen simultaneous shouted conversations, all taking place in a crowded after-school hangout.Quill and QuireLewis is a wide-open window on the cheesy mortifications of boyish lust.Globe and MailPreviousNextContributorsJules LewisJules Lewis was born in Toronto and is still based there. He has lived in Montreal, New York City, and Istanbul, and has written for Toronto's Eye Weekly. This is his first novel.View Author Page Book DetailsPDFOctober 2010-160 pp9781459704947PaperbackOctober 20105.5x8.5 in160 pp9781554887408ePubOctober 2010-160 pp9781770704879