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A Man of Remarkable Restraint

Charles is definitely going insane. Has been since he was a kid. He keeps a tight grip on his inner psycho, but losing his job at the newspaper triggers some new craziness he can’t control. Come along on this madcap, darkly comedic odyssey with a deeply troubled, self-antagonistic protagonist — Charles [last name withheld to protect the innocent].

Encircle Publications | 2002
Dark Humor/Suspense

TV AD PARODY: Crazy Johnny! … is the wacky TV pitchman persona I use to promote the book in this borderline hilarious pretend TV ad.

What famous fictional characters are saying:

"This book is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

— Forrest Gump

“The protagonist, Charles, seems to be the kind of person who believes as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

— Alice in Wonderland

"This goddam novel is pretty crumby. The 'Moron of Remarkable Restraint' guy seems like a real phony to me."

— Holden Caulfield

‘Downsized!’

John Breneman loved working at his hometown newspaper, writing a Page Two column for the Sunday edition. But then a big media conglomerate bought the paper and – boom! – he was downsized.

Now, gripped in an epic struggle for economic survival, he has penned an eBook packed with hilarious advice columns on love, hate, sex, guns, booze, politics, racism, hibernation, exorcists, Obamacare, Jalapeno Coke, gingerbread men, the Nor’Easter Bunny and more.

Noted literary critic Rachmaninoff Aspercreme III has hailed it as “the finest collection of English-language advice columns ever written by someone whose surname contains the word ‘enema’.”

WARNING: If used as intended, this book may cause laughter.
The Reviews Are In …

"Congratulations, old sport! I love novels that make me privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men."

— Jay Gatsby

“It’s a nice book. I just wish it had more witches, wizards, munchkins and rainbows.”

— Dorothy Gale, Kansas

"I swear on a stack of 'Confederacy of Dunces,' this book is masterfully written and knee-slappingly funny."

— Ignatius J. Reilly

Selected Essays

Popped over to Antarctica today as part of my International “Man of Remarkable Restraint” Virtual Book Tour.

John Breneman | Substack feed

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