Piddler on the Hoof

History knows no shortest, most horrible and intense schlock than the Kursk Battle - all bloodbaths' little-known schlepp mother that saved Yanks and Britons in Italy. 1941. Fuhrer teaches geography to Roma, three. His dad, the Red Army's lieutenant, saves him from Kiev's noted 36-hour slaughter orgy of Jews. The boy grows up in Dad's Rearguard advancing from Kursk to Germany. His emotional awakening, family escapades, derisive living truth, eccentricity and idioms trigger bittersweet tears, smiles and thrills. Atrocities make are waning settings in this sweeping, witty and passionate novel knocking the socks off, unless readers wear pantyhose. KOSHER HOOKS and MEIN KRAMPF (both www.lulu.com) continue the hero's story. As a gentleman, S.I. Fishgal made his books independent. His soul bares itself (souls have no sex) and spills the gall in the potent, rich, vivid, teasing and fascinating novels.