Average Jones

Average JonesAdrian Van Reypen Egerton Jones Average, to his friends has spent the five years since graduation from college specializing in life, indulging his wanderlust and living comfortably on twenty five thousand a year. In order to inherit the millions that his late uncle has bequeathed, Average must spend five continuous years as a resident of New York City. Already bored, he is advised by his friends Waldemar and Bertram to take up a hobby. Waldemar, a

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