Tales of the Madman Underground
Subtitle: an historical romance 1973
By: John Barnes.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780670060818
Subjects: Coming of age -- Fiction; Emotional problems -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Alcoholism -- Fiction; Mothers and sons -- Fiction; High schools -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; Ohio -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: In September 1973, as the school year begins in his depressed Ohio town, high-school senior Kurt Shoemaker determines to be "normal," despite his chaotic home life with his volatile, alcoholic mother and the deep loyalty and affection he has for his friends in the therapy group dubbed the Madman Underground.