A young woman of bristling intelligence, a sex-obsessed college freshman, and a black street preacher/soapbox orator bare their souls and air their outlandish opinions about race, inequality, politics, Wall Street, and the ongoing war between the sexes under the reign of the One Percent.   America is downtown earth and will not be ignored. Yet the question lingers: the last best hope of earth or the land that Satan blessed? 3 American Cranks  takes you on a roller coaster tour of the Land of the Free and the Homeless. When that breathless ride comes to a sudden halt and you wobble away, you will be primed to give forth an opinion of your own on the matter -- if you are not too dizzy. Laughter rings out on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial when street preacher/soapbox orator D. C. Washington steps up to transform the lunchtime crowd into his congregation and delivers a string of delightfully outrageous sermonettes on today's America gone haywire. Meanwhile at the rear of the congregation a shy, sex-starved college freshman is thrilled to discover that the distant brunette standing just inches away is, like him, holding a copy of Edgar Allan Poe's The Philosophy of Furniture . So begins a madcap mix of all-in-their-heads courtship and all-out war between the sexes, interwoven with the witty truth-telling of D. C. Washington on race in America, Wall Street, Inequality, the disappearing Muddled Class, and the need to Declare Your Independence. The street preacher/soapbox orator on his way to explaining why the black man is the only 100% American: "Hello, my fellow slaves. We used to pick cotton now we pick dollars, and the necktie is the new shackle. My name is D. C. Washington, and I cannot tell a lie." The college freshman confesses his titanic failures to break the ice with the opposing sex. "The trouble with females is they are not thinking about sex all the time." A young brunette of bristling intelligence lambasts the fraud of male superiority. "Marriage? I refuse to spend my days as a trophy wife in a trophy case, gathering dust. I believe I can do more with my intelligence than pair socks." Timely and absolutely unique, the result of mixing the DNA of Fred Sanford, Authur Rimbaud and Henry Miller. ...worthy of a high place on the literary totem pole. Studded with gems so striking, insightful, and hilarious they can stand with the best of Mark Twain. Jason Rosette, author of 10,000 Miles to Go , writer-director, Bookwars The First Amendment guaranteeing freedom of speech was established for a reason. This book may be it. Seriously comically sexy and biblical at the same time. D.C. Washington is a 21st century Will Rogers. Nicholas Howard, singer-songwriter, God Is in theCity This work is genius. 3 American Cranks is one of the most singular and compelling novels I've seen come out of the United States in years, a poignantly original, brave, top-rank book. Once I started this novel I had to struggle to put it down and couldn't help but get right back to it. What was pulling me back was the pleasure of the prose, with plenty an exquisite passage. I was putting check marks beside passages that struck me as particularly eloquent, and some pages were cluttered with checkmarks. The prose, the characters, the daring, all propelled me right up to the breathless ending of D. C. Washington's final speech. When I came to that beautiful final sentence, I had to sit back as if I had come to a sudden halt of an intellectual rollercoaster. The timing, the nuances, the humor, all work together to make one solid comic masterpiece, right there alongside Aristophanes, Rabelais, Swift, and Philip Roth's satiric pieces. There is throughout an outstanding spontaneity, a sparkling freshness that one finds only in the best work. The author has tapped right down to the deepest riches of self and soul and pulled up a shining treasure, tapping into that rareness and beauty within and providing it to the rest of us --the mark of that thing called genius. Lantzey Miller, author of City Limit For more testimonials see FROM THE AUTHOR below for a handful written by the author.                                       Hype Praise for                                     3  American Cranks   "If you read just one book this year...you're doing better than most college graduates."                                     --Anonymous   "It made me laugh."                                     --F. Nietzsche   "Brilliant...a work of genius. Should be up for a Pulitzer."                                     --Author's Mother   "Better he should get a real job for once in his life."                                     --Author's Father   "If your idea of heaven is settling down with a good book -- get a life!"                                     --Name Withheld   "He who judges a work by its testimonial quotes is bound to be reading an oxcart load of pretty disappointing books."                                     --Confuci