Title: The Brooklyn Follies
Subtitle: A Novel
First published: December 27, 2005
Description: Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, estranged from his only daughter, the retired life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Nathan finds his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, working in a local bookstore - a far cry from the brilliant academic career he'd begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the charismatic Harry Brightman, whom fate has also brought to the "ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York." Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new set of acquaintances - not to mention a stray relative or two - and leads him to a reckoning with his past life.
Subjects: Autobiography, Fiction, Middle-aged men, Authorship, Retirees, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Popular works, Large type books, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, biographical, American literature, Cancer, Patients, Recluses, Intergenerational relations, Social conditions, Politics and government
Places: Park Slope (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), United States, Brooklyn, New York (State), New York
Time periods: 1993-2001