Meet April and Margo, two strong and intelligent young women who, never the less, were recently thrown out of work. April Lance lost her job after falling in love with her married boss; she then had the bad luck to be caught by the wife. Due to no fault of her own, Margo Twiggins is laid off because of companywide cutbacks triggered by criminal acts committed by one much higher up the food chain. Marcus and Stanley Cluster are brothers who enter the lives of these women as friend and rival. Marcus and April are competing for the same position, while Stanley and Margo join forces to get her revenge on the people who trashed her dreams. CLUSTER FUNK, a humorous new novel by Peter Rubenstein, tells the story of one year in their lives and the felonious endeavors attempted by too many in their small circle of friends and family. Played out against the backdrop of massive mortgage foreclosures and hidden off shore fortunes, April and Margo hold tightly to the real things they love. For one, it's writing a fantasy blog which bears more than a passing resemblance to her reality, for the other it's not giving up on her dream no matter how tiny the piece she's still holding might be. Who'll get the sought after job? And, will any of it matter or will it all just turn into one royal Cluster Funk?