The Gym

<p>Jack Doherty is a walking mid-life crisis. Overweight and lonely newly-divorced after a spectacular act of infidelity on the part of his wife and close to losing his job as a hotshot newspaper columnist he joins a gym hoping for an existential do-over if not washboard abs and bulging biceps. Another shot at romance wouldn't hurt either.</p><p>One day a mysterious new member shows up: an incredibly-fit octogenarian who seemingly defies the ravages of age. Anthony Maldon does grueling one-handed chin-ups withering jump-rope routines amazing cartwheels and backflips -- all without breaking a sweat. No one has ever seen anything like this geezer phenom.</p><p>But Jack and his new workout buddies soon learn that Tony Maldon harbors a dark secret:  30 years earlier he committed a horrific crime that earned him national notoriety a long stretch in the slammer and the singular nickname Oven Mitts.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Like Jack Oven Mitts seeks his own form of redemption in this darkly-comic tale. And when the two are thrown together in a high-stakes fitness competition an unlikely bond forms between the enigmatic ex-con and the struggling journalist who just might walk away with the biggest story of his career.</p>