A tale of love, loss, friendship, and late nights. When the residents of Como Flats see Lonnie Klipsen in the same bars, drinking the same beer, telling the same stories night after night, year after year, they ask themselves, "How can a man with so little, lose so much?" With no close family and no significant other, eternally-intoxicated Lonnie and his longtime roomate Stan, etch out an obscure corner of the working class district of Como Flats to live out their lives in modest simplicity. A colorful cast of characters kaleidoscopes in and out of Lonnie's life, but when personal losses hit close to home, he has to retreat to rock-bottom before discovering that maybe the unrequited love of his life wasn't so unrequited after all. Discover this slive of life story of human authenticity told through the sweet-souled alcoholic who means well and tries to see the good in people. -- back cover