Londonderry News

Our own local Daniel Lekas had his first book published. The book, called Tales of a Thirtysomething Nobody, was originally meant to be a series of short (and funny) stories. It is intended for readers of the mature type and contains Lekas’ real-life, smart mouth, dry humor.

Tales of a Thirtysomething Nobody tells the story of the average man and his adventures through life. Written to read like a diary, it follows the same man for more than thirty years. The man’s name, town in which he lives, and the people that he comes into contact with, are never revealed.

The nameless character’s interesting, and often amusing, takes on school, childhood, marriage and divorce, are incorporated throughout the book. There may just be something for everyone, with a story or two most readers can relate to.

Daniel Lekas wrote the short stories in Londonderry, NH, where he has been a resident for more than 7 years. The book took about a year to put together, given that most of the writing was already completed. In just around 6 months, it was published.

Daniel is currently working on two more books, which he says are “more polished”. In a recent interview, when asked if the book was as funny as he was in person, Lekas replied, “I’m much funnier looking.”

Presently when searching for the book on the internet it is number one at a India Book seller. Somehow this brings a smile to Dan’s face. We have quite a few readers and should be able to knock out the India book seller from number one in the search engines, even if it is only 950 Rupee. When you get a chance to read it stop back to provide a few comments.

Below is an excerpt from Tales of a Thirtysomething Nobody.

“Although I had a relationship taking up most of my time, I still found time to get together with my friend. On one particular occasion I had gone to visit him at home. He had been out of school for a few days after having an accident while riding his bike. He was just minding his own business when he was hit by the mailman in the mail truck. He had sustained a slight concussion and received a few stitches in his head. I’ve always told him “at least it wasn’t the ice cream man”. But secretly I’ve always had a vision that it was the ice cream man. There he was, sitting on the ground with a snow cone applied to his injured head while he rocked back and forth wailing “all I wanted was a nutty buddy”.

Dan Lekas mounted a unsuccessful run for Town Council last year and brought some humor to the candidate forums. This year you will find his name on the slate of Londonderry Budget Committee Candidates.