Hoosier Misfits and Perverts
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HOOSIER MISFITS AND PERVERTS is a collection of nineteen short stories connected by a cast of characters comprised of immigrants and other outsiders reaching for the American Dream in America's Heartland, Indiana, during the last half of the 20th Century. You'll meet Beamer when he's a child in Cold War Bloomington, striving to understand his father's alcoholism and obsession with Doomsday. You'll meet Joyce Crowley, a ten year old who frequently beats her father at chess and chases him down in a movie theater when her mother is in the hospital giving birth to her baby brother. You'll meet Samuel Duncan, an orphan raised by Jewish parents in Martinsville. When the Klan harasses Samuel's father, Samuel gives them a taste of their own medicine. You'll walk through the decades toward the 21st century, meeting their offspring along the way, watching their struggle to overcome poverty and the demons that accompany it. These are the stories of all working class Americans, constantly feeling left on the outside, constantly giving the System all the help it needs to destroy themselves. Who will emerge in the 21st century unscathed?
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1957034084
ISBN13:9781957034089
Release Date:March 2022
Publisher:Caledonia Publications
Length:204 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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