He gets introduced to a woman named Ruth Grubstein or Grubstein and she is described most of the descriptions of her by male-coded characters are not flattering uh. She does ultimately have a real strong sexual hold over ira and numbers the cockroach pause for effect um yeah sure numbers the cockroaches likes this lady he did arrive at that conclusion later in the book a lot but she's the one who wants them to clean up She also makes ira renovate the kitchen so this so he hires a contractor to come inUm to renovate the cabinets which is where the roaches live, okay? But now he does the cabinets too good and the coat theRo
Our Patron's Choice Poll for June had a theme: Junebugs! And this novel by Weiss about a roach colony attempting to assert control over the apartment in which they live is uhh...well it won the poll. So Craig read it. And now he's going to talk about it.
Caveat lictor: this book is a strange one (also it's got more explicit sexual content than you might expect!)
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