Waterfront Whorehouse Pianist - Hardcover

Praise for Collecting Sins "It would be a sin not to read this book! Collecting Sins will drain you of your innocence and condemn you to be ever grateful that writers as unblemished by piety and cant as Steven Sobel manage to exist." --Howard Junker, editor, ZYZZYVA "Tackling teenage trauma from a wholly different perspective, Collecting Sins follows the darkly comic adventures of the very confused Ben, who is touchingly trying to navigate his way through the late sixties in L.A. Steven Sobel's confident debut novel is so vividly evocative, and his protagonist so honestly etched, you'll be imagining the sequel before it even ends!" --Marie Claire

After the politics of his prestigious law firm send Ben out on the street, he finds himself playing piano at a waterfront brothel. In his new life, Ben explores the underbelly of peoples' desires, fears, compulsions, and dreams. As Ben moves throughout this new life, he realizes that the women around him are trying to survive and thrive in a world that hasn't handed them anything. A story of failure, redemption, and human understanding, and featuring a cast of characters readers aren't soon to forget, Waterfront Whorehouse Pianist is an fresh and exciting novel.