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Deadpan: A Novel Author|J. Scott Brownlee for the violence of birthDeadpan follows the misadventures of a vaguely antisemitic West Virginia Buick dealer who wakes up one day transformed into the world's most popular Jewish comedian. Steeped in magical realism, the narrative confronts the pivotal issues of our day: identity, intolerance, tribalism and the redemptive force of humor. The story is set during the world wide oil crises of the 1970s, alternating among locations in West Virginia, Las Vegas, Washington,