Wanton Times

After his future father-in-law cancels Mitch’s wedding to his daughter for a bad decision Mitch has made, Mitch quickly recovers from being shoved out of the frying pan, and readily jumps into the fire with the thought: “I think it taught me a valuable and enigmatic lesson. Exactly what that lesson was I’m still not sure.” So he moves to London on a whim. Astute young men with a wicked sense of humor will readily see that Mitch has a lot to learn, and will readily travel to London with him to watch the train wreck in progress. With a total lack of social inhibitions, manipulative to the core, and a narcissistic mind bordering on sick, Mitch gains undue access to the corporate and socialite inner rooms of a metropolis that stars suspiciously kooky characters. This fast-paced auto-biographical novel is uncomfortably funny with Mitch’s intimate confessions and musings that reveal an inner-voice that will delight and embarrass his readers. With a shallow, yet superior, view of himself and those around him, Mitch embodies the values and unlikable traits that men work so hard to hide yet never quite want to overcome. This is a tale of a modern everyman, doggedly refusing to grow up and thinking of no one but himself. In the end, Mitch takes…well, another leap… Wanton Times is a raucous romp in a minefield of wicked women, secret societies, and confused life lessons, written by one downright articulate character, Mitch, who reveals all, including his own moral laxity. Follow him from his cancelled wedding to his ultimate destination, which comes at the end of a wild ride, over the willing and demanding landscape of faux women, old women, innocent women, and fawning females, as he tries to penetrate the parallel worlds of corporate Britain and its sometimes morally bankrupt society. Meet Fidelia, the company supervisor with the large bosom, which she displays to excess at company parties and powders frequently. She manages to make Mitch’s life hell at work, when he readily refuses to touch her breasts. He also has trouble just finding a place to live within his limited budget, at first moving in with a couple, only to be pushed out, and into the waiting clutches of Amanda, a heavy-drinking, ninety-two-year-old landlady with a room rent free, in exchange for keeping her company and the unstated job of keeping her “satisfied,” as well. But Mitch’s dangerous romp through the minefield has just begun. He goes from weird to worse with a woman named Juliet, who is engaged, and yet demands that Mitch eventually have sex with her. She’s fascinated with the size of an important part of Mitch’s anatomy, uses him, and then tries to sacrifice him to the anger of her fiancé. Will he be successful in his jobs, triumph over his testosterone-laden lifestyle, or learn his lessons? Those are the major questions and obsessions Mitch faces and for which he seems to be ill-equipped to handle. This autobiographical real-life comedy verges on absurdist satire, giving an insight on today's generation of young city men and how they perceive themselves and the world around them. Mitch moves to London on a whim, after finishing college and being forced to break off his wedding with his fiancé. Entering the job market in the lower rungs of an international corporation, as an underpaid worker presents a grim environment, which he hopes is just temporary. With little to lose and everything to gain in a city where no one knows him, Mitch feels free to act recklessly with little consideration for the consequences of his actions. In one unforgettable scene, a woman who changed her name, following her sex change, a toilet that can’t be used, a plastic bag with a “snake” left on the table, along with a love note, and an apartment door that locks automatically. This story, along with all the others in this work is based around Mitch's dependable knack for getting himself into weird situations with extreme characters.