Southpaw Publications

"Long Way From Home" is the first novel from Emmy Award-winning writer Lenny Shulman. Follow the exploits of wise-cracking New York author Dan Henry as he lurches forward from unemployed writer to host of a TV sports talk show--with help and hindrance from his brilliant, sex-addicted attorney, and from a murky, mysterious source who feeds him inside information. Dan hits his stride with the job and a beautiful girlfriend, actually achieving status and success. To the surprise of no one, none of it lasts. When the TV deal and his life blow up, Dan strikes off on his own again 1,000 miles away. Despite losing the job that took him halfway across the country, Dan finds his voice. Throwing himself into the story of a lifetime, Dan uses every tool in his arsenal to expose a plot that threatens the life of the most famous racehorse in America as it competes in the Kentucky Derby. In doing so, he brings some familiar villains to justice. Against all odds, Dan becomes a hero. "Long Way From Home" weaves relentless humor through waves of friendship, betrayal, and redemption. It is comedy of a most serious nature.

Lenny Shulman is an Emmy Award-winning writer who worked in TV and film in Hollywood for 20 years writing for such diverse enterprises as ＂Kids Incorporated,＂ NFL on FOX, and Andrew Dice Clay. For the past 15 years his work has appeared in The Blood-Horse magazine, Thoroughbred racing’s leading weekly publication, which he serves as features editor. He is the author of ＂Ride Of Their Lives,＂ a behind-the-scenes look at the triumphs and turmoil of Thoroughbred racing’s top jockeys. Shulman has also worked at the Oneida Daily Dispatch and LA Weekly newspapers, and founded and edited the Tucson Times.