Upton Sinclair meets Joseph Heller, the funniest book since A
Confederacy of Dunces. Austin's novel is an unlikely mixture of
expose, social satire and high comedy that somehow, brilliantly,
succeeds. It will make you laugh, cry, and want to punch out your
boss. Don't read this book at work, but by all means read it.
Charles Dodt, Author, The Night Boy *** Do you remember the best
time of your life? For Chuck Farlowe, his time came and went, one
April day back in 1973. His "A" game, unfortunately, was left in
the dugout that day. Cut to 1998. His son, Danny, is at the
crossroads of his life. A young man in need of answers, he finds
them in the form of a long-buried manuscript written by his father
back in 1973. Suddenly he finds himself at a strange place and
time-the Hotchkis Department Store in downtown Oakland, circa 1970.
Danny is introduced to both the store manager, Matt Farber, and the
store owner, Isaac Benjamin Stern. Soon a union election begins to
loom ominously. Chuck manages to find a kindred spirit in Lee
Kroeber, and eventually, after a struggle, with Cooper Smith, whose
own bitterness and alienation over store racism threatens to change
the entire store dynamic. When Wayne Justice joins the Hotchkis
fold in 1971, soon the era of poker and male bonding begin.
Rediscovering Mrs. Murphy is all about fighting through the pain of
the past and rediscovering what really matters.
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