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 The Metal Will of Shoeshine Cats (Publishers Regular 10/26/09)Hesh Kestin. Dzanc (Range, dist.), $16.95 paper (334p) ISBN 9780976717782"In the writer of the short fiction series Centered on a Genuine Story comes a lively, amusing addition to the style of mafia tragicomedy. Thirty-year-old Russell Newhouse, a fast-witted student and skirt-chaser, has New York’s structured crime-scene thrust upon him with a guy named Shushan “Shoeshine” Cats, who stops a gathering of the Brooklyn Jewish men’s culture where Russell is helping as assistant. Shushan quickly requires Russell under his side and is looking for a benefit.