Inner Tube A Novel |
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Author:
| Broun, Hob |
ISBN: | 978-1-4804-5255-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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After a family tragedy, a man chases consolation--or is it oblivion?--by traveling through some seedy locales of place and spirit Early on in Hob Broun's second novel, the mother of the unnamed narrator, a failed actress, commits suicide by putting her head through a television. That fact, together with our hero's desire for his ex-girlfriend's older sister, prompts a radical departure as he quits his job cataloging old television shows and sets off...
More Description After a family tragedy, a man chases consolation--or is it oblivion?--by traveling through some seedy locales of place and spirit
Early on in Hob Broun's second novel, the mother of the unnamed narrator, a failed actress, commits suicide by putting her head through a television. That fact, together with our hero's desire for his ex-girlfriend's older sister, prompts a radical departure as he quits his job cataloging old television shows and sets off on a westward journey. Pursuing solace in unlikely places, he embarks on a string of just-as-unlikely romances, including ones with a motel maid and an archaeology professor. But can anything distract him from the painful emptiness within? In the desert, finally free of society, a self-reckoning awaits.
Bracing in its vision, Inner Tube is a fearless and often bitingly funny novel about what happens when our civilized veneers are shed.