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Going All the Way
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Willard "Sonny" Burns and Tom "Gunner" Casselman, Korean War vets and former classmates, reunite on the train ride home to Indianapolis. Despite their shared history, the two young men could not be more different: Sonny had been an introverted, bookish student, whereas Gunner had been the consummate Casanova and athlete—and a popular source of macho pride throughout the high school. Reunited by the pains of war, they go in search of finding love, rebuilding their lives, and shedding the repressive expectations of their families.
As Sonny and Gunner seek their true passions, the stage is set for a wounded, gripping account of disillusionment and self-discovery as seen through the lens of the conservative Midwest in the summer of 1954. Rendered in honest prose, national bestseller
expertly and astutely captures the joys and struggles of working-class Middle America, and the risks of challenging the status quo. Author Dan Wakefield crafts this enduring coming-of-age tale with fluidity, grace, and deep humanity.
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“The story of a young boy returned from the war, who tries to find all the wrong things in all the wrong places. This book just wasn't for me.”
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“<strong>One of the Good Ones</strong>
I thought at first, throughout the first chapters and even beyond, that you had to have lived it to appreciate it. Maybe that you had to have lived there, in the Midwest, to appreciate the book and its characters. But this is a book that grows on you, sneaks up on you, despite the crap that dates it, that seems at first to weigh it down. I’m reminded of Ron McLarty’s THE MEMORY OF RUNNING, one of the most -ultimately- uplifting of stories. This might not be for everyone. I can imagine readers throwing the book away after a chapter or two. But for those with the stomach, yes, the stomach to persevere through the pages and pages of folly and phoniness, this book will prove to be one of the really good ones.”
About Dan Wakefield
Dan Wakefield (b. 1932) is the author of the bestselling novels
and
, which were both adapted into feature films. His memoirs include
, which was made into a documentary film of the same name, and
, praised by Bill Moyers as “one of the most important memoirs of the spirit I have ever read.” Wakefield created the NBC prime time series
, and wrote the screenplay for
, starring Ben Affleck. He edited and wrote the introduction for
as well as
Visit Wakefield online at www.danwakefield.com and www.vonnegutsoldestlivingfriend.com.
Other books by Dan Wakefield
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