Comfort Station

Comfort Station

<DIV><b>In the comfort station at Bryant Park, worlds collide and lives are changed forever</b></div><DIV><br>Look past the grandeur of the famous New York Public Library and you will see the true architectural marvel of Forty-Second Street: the comfort station. A small building, modest in its proportions but undeniable in its importance, its handful of stalls and urinals provide a haven for rich and poor alike. The restroom€s keeper is Mo Mowgli, a meek man whose only trouble is chronic tardiness, and who is about to have the encounter of a lifetime.</div><DIV><br>Today, a strange cast of characters descends on the comfort station: a mobster and a cop, a countess and a dictator, colliding with a force that will upend Mo Mowgli€s world. When this globetrotting group gets together, no stall is too small for adventure.</div><DIV><br>Written in the style of <i>Hotel</i>, <i>Airport</i>, and€"perhaps more accurately€"<i>Airplane!</i>, <i>Comfort Station </i>shows the genius of Donald E. Westlake at his comic best.</div>