The Wishbones (Paperback, Revised ed.)

Thirty-one-year-old Dave Raymond has an adoring girlfriend who's stuck by him since high school, and a steady gig as guitarist for The Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding band. He still lives with his parents, but that's a small price to pay for the freedom to play the music he loves. Granted, The Wishbones aren't the E Street Band, but all in all, life's been good to him so far. Dave's world changes the day three little words fly from his mouth: "Let's get married." His marital ambivalence takes a perilous turn when he embarks on an affair with Gretchen, a New York City poet. Dave finds himself torn between Gretchen and his fiancee, Julie, and the two sides of his own personality they represent. Is he an artist after all, a bohemian trapped in a suburbanite's body? Should he chuck his wedding band and follow his rock-'n'-roll dream? Or is he just an average Joe who should happily accept life with a loving wife and a center-hall colonial near the mall? And then there are the other Wishbones: Buzzy, the hard-drinking bass player whose roots are in heavy metal but whose heart belongs to his wife and kids; Stan, the brokenhearted drummer/accordionist; and Ian, the talented singer who's recently, improbably, completed a musical about the JFK assassination. Together the band careens toward a collective destiny as Dave fumbles toward his wedding day.

General

Imprint:	Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1998
First published:	April 1998
Authors:	Tom Perrotta
Dimensions:	202 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
Edition:	Revised ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-425-16314-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-425-16314-8
Barcode:	9780425163146

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