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Odd Jobs - A Comic Novel by Karl Meade
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Odd Jobs is a comic caper love story about Mountie women and layabout men, house and family, script-writers and cat-burglars. A modern tale of movie magic in the wrong hands: the Big Lebowski meets Elmore Leonard's niece.
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By: TubularGuru
I off-loaded this book from iTunes as a trial. We listened to it while driving. Delightful sense of humor. Enjoyed the stumbling through life. Will listen to more of this author's work. Pleased to have made a donation even though it is free from iTunes.By: Dale
Delightful!!! I'm new to podcasts but enjoyed this story tremendously. Please Karl write more, you have a wonderful sense of humor.By: Karl Meade
James, thanks for your interest and comments. The music is by Big Bang Theory, a band that played in Calgary in the late 80's early 90's. You can learn more about them on my website karlmeade.com. You can email me there admin@karlmeade.com and I can point you to more of their music, if you like.
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 1 (8.47 MB) | We meet our hero, Marty Drysdale, as he waxes lyrical about his house, reveals his life-dream, and finds himself in a sticky situation. | Jan 23, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 2 (19.78 MB) | Our hero meets the woman of his dreams, his femme fatale, that sexual dynamo, Chick Armstrong. A Mountie like no other. | Jan 23, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 3 (16.19 MB) | Marty tries to redeem himself in the eyes of Chick and her Westmount family. He has his life epiphany, and fate delivers him the perfect partner: John Fitzgerald, the Al Capone of Entrepeneurs. | Jan 23, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 4 (16.58 MB) | FitZ and Marty go into "business" together, and Chick makes a few decisions of her own. None of their three lives will ever be the same. | Jan 23, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 5 (20.16 MB) | Marty finds an unusual job, where he meets Frances, the empathic Stevie Nicks of the night. Meanwhile, in the present tense, our treed hero tries to make a run for it. We end Act I with a little surprise. | Jan 23, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 6 (22.6 MB) | We ended Act I with Marty and Frances starting their new life together, only to find Chick has returned, and moved in next door. Now we open Act II with Chapter 6, as Marty adjusts to the shock of ChickÕs return, and a few further surprises. | Jan 26, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 7 (15.41 MB) | Marty spends some quality time with Susan, and finds out just what FitZ has up his sleeve. | Feb 2, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 8 (19.67 MB) | FitZ tells Marty just what he has in mind with his Act 1 Scene 1 shenanigans, and hires a “technical consultant” to help out. Marty witnesses something truly shocking outside his garage. | Feb 9, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 9 (21.95 MB) | Life with Donald and FitZ begins to get just a little too real for Marty. | Feb 20, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 10 (23.47 MB) | Marty and FitZ try to dig their way out of trouble, and Marty finds himself the center of attention at an unwanted dinner party. | Mar 27, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 11 (25.87 MB) | Chick begins to take an unsettling interest in Marty and his new ventures, while FitZ ramps up his research activities. | Apr 4, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 12 (23.51 MB) | Chick gets just a little too close, and hot, for comfort, and FitZ reveals his new plan. While in the present tense, in Marty's garage, Donald re-enacts some old movie favourites, with Marty as prop and stunt-dummy. | Apr 13, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 13 (31.39 MB) | Chapter 13 opens with a surprise visitor to Marty’s garage, and ends with yet another FitZ escapade. | Apr 20, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 14 (19.13 MB) | FitZ and Donald share some quality time with the rotweilers, Frances makes a move, and Chick and Marty try to cool things down. We end Act II with a little surprise. | Apr 27, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 15 (15.85 MB) | We open Act III as Marty and Chick try to figure out where they stand, and FitZ has yet more surprises for Marty. | May 4, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 16 (30.46 MB) | In this the second last chapter of Odd Jobs, Chick, FitZ, and Donald all have a whopper surprise for Marty. | May 18, 2008 |
| Odd Jobs - Chapter 17 (45.85 MB) | In this the final chapter of Odd Jobs, Marty faces his biggest challenge yet. | Jun 14, 2008 |