"This is absolutely not a true story. All the characters in this story, and are in no way, shape, or form meant to represent any actual people. I have to say that or else those actual people might try to sue me. Fucking assholes." -Michael J. Polkanowski
Equal parts heartbreaking and hysterical, Polkanowski’s voice is unfiltered, self‑lacerating, and unexpectedly tender. He confronts faith, failure, fatherhood, and the long shadow of trauma with a candor that is as disarming as it is profound. -Boston Globe
" Alcoholism isn't supposed to be funny, so why am I laughing?" -James Patterson