Man with the Overcoat

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You are standing waiting for an elevator. The doors open and a strange man hands you an overcoat which you accept without thinking. After a beat you realize that you are now standing at the same elevator in possession of said overcoat and its owner is nowhere to be seen. Now what?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Praise for Man With the Overcoat</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)></span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tightly written with rich with complex subtext - a top-shelf novel that blends mystery fantasy and comedy. A pleasure to read!</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>-</em></strong><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Chanticleer Book Reviews</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>David Finkle's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Man with the Overcoat</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a satisfying surreal tale wrapped in a taut neo-noir package....[It] </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a literary novel that disguises itself as a mystery. It's both page-turner and provocateur a book that leaves cause for contemplation reverberating in the minds of readers.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>-Foreword Magazine</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Finkle's prose is lean and energetic and he thankfully wastes little time attempting to establish a sense of verisimilitude. </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>-</em></strong><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p>