Small Claims Author:Andrew Kaufman Fiction. In this new novel by ReLit-award-winning, Leacock-nominated writer Andrew Kaufman, a man eschews the usual avenues of mid-life crisis?sportscars, mistresses?and instead seeks meaning in the least likely of places: small claims court. Every day for ten days he chronicles a case, relating it to his life, the breakdown of his marriage, and... more » his relationship with his two young children, all in an attempt to rebuild his broken faith in humanity. With small observations, subtle investigations, and the constant pursuit of small-scale justice, the unnamed narrator struggles to understand himself, the life he's made, and the society he's living in?all through the framework of a court system that won't let you sue for damages above twenty thousand dollars. Like Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman, Charlie longs for acknowledgement?and finds it in the most unlikely place. This is Andrew Kaufman minus the magic realism and with a big dose of tenderness for the frailties of the heart.« less