Signifying Nothing

Thompson, Clifford

ISBN 10: 1440132690 / ISBN 13: 9781440132698

Published by iUniverse, 2009

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1440132690I2N00

Synopsis:

The novel is set in Washington, D.C., in 1979 and focuses on the Hobbs family. Lester Hobbs, nineteen years old, is mentally retarded and mute ? until the day he suddenly begins to rap at the top of his lungs about life with his parents and older siblings. That development has a profound effect on the rest of the family, whose members struggle to figure out what it means, for Lester and themselves. Lester?s wise-cracking brother, Greg, the middle child, who has long alternated between being protective of Lester and being jealous of the attention Lester receives, tries with a spectacular lack of success to profit from his brother?s new ability. Lester and Greg?s sister, Sherrie ? bright, pretty, responsible, and aloof ? tries to learn the medical explanation for Lester?s condition, which leads her to an affair with George Greer, a brilliant, married, womanizing neurologist. Meanwhile, Lester?s mother, Maddie, tries to adjust emotionally to the change in her son, and Pat, the father, works to figure out the right course of action once the cause of Lester?s rapping is revealed.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Signifying Nothing
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket