The publishing of Gerald Shapiro's book Little Men is a built-in pro-argument for university publishing houses (in this case: Ohio State University). Will this book comprised of a couple of novellas as well as short stories make money? Who knows? First principles first: Publish!As hilarious as the opening novella A Box Of Ashes, is with a laugh-a-minute (you can time yourself on this) pacing; it is the closing novella Spivak in Babylon that hit this reader with especial poignancy. In the story's closing pages, Mr. Shapiro doesn't tie-up in a neat bow, the dirty deeds chronicled about Leo Spivak. Instead he opts for a utterly realistic 'how-it-is'and 'how-it-it'will-be' when you go down that road to perdition and betrayal of everything/anything dear to your life.