Description
. . . a passionate and tormented novel about the summer of 1954 as it transpired in the lives of two young Korean War veterans returning to their Indianapolis homes. . . . it is possible that the current publishing season will produce no book more urgently felt. --New York Times Book Review, August 9, 1970
A brilliant book. --John Ciardi
Wonderful, sad and funny; a scathing portrait of middle America through the eyes of a new fictional character who will inevitably be compared to Portnoy and Holden Caulfield. --Gay Talese
Noted author Dan Wakefield's most famous novel seethes with pent-up frustration and confusion and nearly every episode bubbles with hilarity. This novel of the 1950s so perfectly captures its time and place that it transcends the specific and becomes universal--a true classic of American literature. Now a major motion picture.
Author: Dan Wakefield
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 04/22/1997
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780253210906
ISBN10: 0253210909
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General
About the Author
Dan Wakefield's latest book is Creating from the Spirit: Living Each Day as a Creative Act. His other novels include Starting Over, Under the Apple Tree, and Selling Out.