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Synopsis
The Catcher in the Rye for the fortysomethings. Not quite boomers, five years old during Woodstock, missed the sixties revolution and ended up being mellow in the seventies, partied in the eighties, floated in the nineties, then lost it all in the Great Recession. Welcome to the world of Rocket Man. Dale Hammer is stuck in the suburbs with too much house, too much car, too high taxes, and no way out. In one week he is accused of cutting down the sign to his subdivision, plagued with a father who has come to live over his garage, in danger of losing his home, on the hook for being Rocket Man of his son's Scout Troop, staring at the dissolution of his marriage, and trying to give his son a sense of independence. Not since The Graduate has a novel nailed the age we live in. Funny and poignant, you will laugh and cry as Dale looks for an American Dream in retreat.
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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
About the Author
William Elliott Hazelgrove was born in Richmond, Virginia, but has also resided in Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois. Hazelgrove earned a Bachelors of Arts in History and a Masters of Arts in History from Western Illinois University. His first novel, Ripples, was published in 1992 and was named ?Editor s Choice by the American Library Association. His second novel, Tobacco Sticks, has been translated into many languages and optioned for film. Currently, Hazelgrove is the Writer in Residence for the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and writes from Ernest Hemingway s attic in Oak Place, Illinois. Hazelgrove runs a political-cultural blog called A View from Hemingway s Attic. When he s not writing in Hemingway s attic, he is spending time with his wife, three children, dog, cat, guinea pig, and Beta fish.
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- PublisherCreatespace Independent Pub
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1468170333
- ISBN 13 9781468170337
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages428
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