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Synopsis
Dale Hammer is tryhing to find his part of the American Dream. But he just can't keep up. In a story of hilarious consequences, we find Dale in one week accussed of cutting down the sign to his subdivision , plagued with a father who has come to liver over his garage, and on the hook for being Rocket Man of his son's Scout Troop. Dale heads for the catastrophe of Rocket Day with one mission--to give his son a sense of independence, and in the process, find himself.
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Review
"The funniest serious novel since Richard Russo's STRAIGHT MAN, rich with the epic levity of John Irving and salted with the perversion of Updike." -Chicago Sun-Times "The rollicking story of a writer whose piece of the American Dream falls apart." -Chicago Tribune "This critically insightful diatribe against conformity is recommended." -Library Journal "William Elliott Hazelgrove's Rocket Man is a brilliant piece of writing, a work that meticulously dissects contemporary life in America with such a keen eye that the author is able to catch at least passing glances at us all." -Grady Harp, Top Amazon Reviewer
From the Back Cover
"Rocket Man" is a very funny and poignant comment on our times, when an upside down middle class is barely hanging onto the American dream. Taking cues from the calamity of The Great Recession, we meet Dale Hammer, a man who is determined to find meaning in a landscape of suburban homogeneity, looking for the moment he had with his own father when they blasted off a rocket on a wintery evening. He feels his son slipping away as he tries to get around "the silent shame of fathers and sons." He becomes the Rocket Man for his sons scout troop and immediately his life implodes. Accused of cutting down the subdivision sign to his neighborhood, he becomes the lone rebel, going down in a flaming arc. When Rocket Day comes, Dale is determined to give his son more than his father gave him.
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- PublisherPantonne Pr
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0615213073
- ISBN 13 9780615213071
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages375
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