Two Guys from Verona: A Novel of Suburbia
A 25th high school reunion is the catalyst for major changes in the lives of two old friends in this novel of suburbia, mid-life, and the millennium set in 1999. Will Weiss and Joel Gold, Verona High School, New Jersey, class of 1974, have taken very different paths since graduation. Will is manager of the company his father founded and leads a stable, middle-class life. Joel, who moved back home after a mysterious breakdown, spends his days working in a sub shop and cruising Verona in a crumbling 1974 Impala. As Will and Joel approach the reunion and the impending millennium, old friends resurface and old ghosts reappear, throwing their lives topsy-turvy. This is an insightful and ironic chronicle of second-generation suburban angst, very much in the tradition of Updike and Cheever. Recommended for public libraries.?Lawrence Rungren, Merrimack Valley Lib. Consortium, Andover, Mass.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.