Mikey works at the dump. John sells stolen scrap metal from the dump for drug money. Kat is being replaced at her customer service job by an automated dog. In Mack's debut novel, 3 down-and-outers find themselves strapped to the rickety, wooden rollercoaster of American life in freefall as they try to make sense of a world that is moving on without them. Mikey is lovable and slow. Kat is defeated and hoping. John has a serious drinking problem and lots of ambition. When John steals important intel from the cartel in a drunken stupor, the 3 new acquaintances spiral into a pit that goes deeper than they ever imagined. Mack's writing shifts from absurdly funny to gut-punch dark. Fans of Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, and Charles Bukowski will feel at home in Corndog Zen. Corndog Zen asks if we need to have a little more thought and compassion for the overlooked everyman in American society. It asks if we can love the dirty hands and lying tongues of people whose entire framework only made sense in a world that is long gone. “How many times do I have to tell you, Wrinkles! We’re Pall Mall people, not Marlboro!”