Gersh Unleashed

Montecito author David Gersh, a Harvard Law School graduate and retired attorney, just launched his ninth book – and the third in his comic novel series Unleashed: A Comic Relief – with a bijou bash at the bustling bibliophile bastion Tecolote in the upper village.

“It poses the existential question of whether people can trust a dog more than a politician,” says David. “Let me tell you, things are going to the dogs!”

The plot centers on San Buenasara, south of San Luis Obispo, which is “ripe for the plucking.”

And the Mexican cartel wants to pluck, when the former chief of police is running for mayor following the former incumbent’s demise in an unfortunate accident involving a steamroller.

A new leash on life, perhaps…