Schunard Mayhem Pangloss: The Unauthorized Autobiography

The appearance of a black Labrador retriever, SCHUNARD MAYHEM PANGLOSS, at the dilapidated southern plantation, Frazier Hill, signals a great transition in the life of miserly and misanthropic owner Martin Mayer. Schunard relates stories about three years of life and travels with Martin. Beginning his life in the garage, Schunard gradually wins his way into Martin's heart and into the big house. As his middle name implies, Schunard Mayhem is the master of slapstick antics, with a penchant for creating chaotic and hilarious scenes everywhere. It is a literary coincidence that the real-life Martin and Pangloss share names and personal attributes of similar characters in Voltaire's Candide. As does his namesake in Candide, Schunard Pangloss interprets the events of life philosophically, sharing his crazy and often ill-founded optimism in contrast to Martin's pervasive pessimism. Schunard wins the hearts of everyone in his small town, and breaks their hearts with his accidental death and heart wrenching public funeral. Despite his tragically short life, Schunard communicates the simple vision of a gentle and peaceful world, as Voltaire would say, "the best of all worlds."

Author: Martin Paul Mayer
Publisher: Xlibris Us
Published: 08/11/2020
Pages: 166
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781664122963
ISBN10: 1664122966
BISAC Categories:
- Pets | General
- Humor | General
- Biography & Autobiography | General

About the Author
Dr. Martin Mayer, a native of New Jersey, lived in San Francisco for twenty-one years before making his home in Montgomery, Alabama. Educated at Bowdoin College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and The University of San Francisco, Martin has had a thirty-five year career as a teacher and counseling psychologist.

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