Two Guys from Verona: A Novel of Suburbia

James Kaplan

Two Guys from Verona: A Novel of Suburbia
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country
United States
Published
9 June 1999
Pages
352
ISBN
9780802136237

Two Guys from Verona: A Novel of Suburbia

James Kaplan

Highly acclaimed on its publication and selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year, Two Guys from Verona is a rare breed of novel, striking a powerful chord across the nation and making James Kaplan the unexpected voice of a generation. It’s the fall of 1999 in the plush New Jersey suburbs, and Will and Joel are fortyish, friends since the second grade. Will is a successful, tired cardboard salesman with a mortgage, a pretty wife, and 2.2 kids. Joel lives with his moth and works at a sub shop. Joel’s favorite pastime is cruising the dark streets in his rusted-out ‘74 Chevy, drinking whiskey from a brown paper bag. Will feels sorry for Joel. And Joel feels sorry for Will. But their twenty-fifth high school reunion will change both their lives in ways neither has dreamed of - one facing death, the other facing life for the first time. A bittersweet elegy for what, not too long ago, looked like a spanking new American version of the promised land. - The New York Times Book Review

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