num_pages: 216
description: Joe once dreamed of being an engineer, but at 27, he is a Vietnam vet, husband, meter reader, and resident of the same Queens neighborhood in which he was born and raised. Caught between the absurdity of life and his need to be significant, Joe strives for salvation from a life of futility. A critically acclaimed novel of working-class life, available for the first time in paperback.
language: English
title: Joe the Engineer
titlecomplete: Joe the Engineer
genres: Novels
ratings_count: 36
publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd