Andrew J. Gregor’s Roscoe is a bold work of contemporary literary fiction that follows one unforgettable day in the life of Roscoe Follman, a sixty-two-year-old unhoused man living on the streets of San Francisco with his small dog, Geppetto. Told over the course of roughly twelve hours, the novel moves through city streets, fractured conversations, moments of danger, and rare flashes of kindness as Roscoe navigates a world that has largely stopped noticing him.
Unfiltered, darkly humorous, and emotionally precise, Roscoe is both an intimate character study and a wider reckoning with society’s contradictions. Through Roscoe’s sharp and relentless voice, Gregor explores homelessness, dignity, class, memory, violence, vulnerability, and the uneasy burden of being seen. The novel resists easy sentimentality, presenting Roscoe not as a symbol or a lesson, but as a complex man: tender, angry, funny, wounded, observant, and deeply human.
Literary Titan praised Roscoe as a compact yet emotionally expansive novel, noting that Roscoe “doesn’t sound like a symbol. He sounds like a man thinking out loud because silence has become too heavy.” The review highlights Gregor’s ability to give the narration depth and texture, creating a protagonist whose voice is profane, funny, wounded, philosophical, and unforgettably alive.
San Francisco itself becomes a vivid presence in the novel: damp, expensive, crowded, beautiful, cruel, and occasionally generous. As Roscoe moves through the city, readers are invited to confront the lives they pass by every day and to consider what remains when comfort, security, and social standing are stripped away. The result is a candid, rough-edged, unsettling, and ultimately compassionate novel about survival, memory, and the fragile power of recognition.
Roscoe will appeal to readers of literary fiction who appreciate character-driven stories with a strong social conscience, moral discomfort, and a voice that lingers long after the final page. Gregor’s novel is not fast-paced in the traditional sense, but it is alive with interior movement, fierce observation, and a searching humanity. It is a reminder that those society overlooks are never without thought, dignity, or a story worth hearing.
Readers can purchase Roscoe by Andrew J. Gregor on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
About the Author
Andrew J. Gregor is the pen name of Andrew James Gregor, an architect and author born in Beirut in 1962 to an English-Scottish father and a Turkish-Lebanese mother. Educated in the United Kingdom, he studied at the Oxford University School of Architecture before establishing an award-winning architectural practice in Germany and later working in California, where he became known for his focus on sustainable design.
Shaped by an international upbringing and formative experiences in Beirut during the civil war, Gregor brings a broad cultural and intellectual perspective to his fiction. His writing reflects a deep interest in identity, society, moral conflict, and the lives shaped by forces larger than themselves. His novel Roscoe offers a voice-driven portrait of life on the margins in contemporary America. His debut novel, Them (2024), received critical recognition.
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