What would a novel that takes place on a singular day in a 1970 southern high school look like?
“Ferris Bueller meets Ulysses” is how author Wesley Moore III’s wife, Caroline, jokingly summarizes his debut novel, Today, Oh Boy.
Today, Oh Boy shares with Joyce’s masterpiece a plethora of well-developed characters Both novels utilize the omniscient point-of-view so that the all-knowing narrator can enter the consciousness of various characters yet provide panoramic overviews of the hustle and bustle of Dublin and Summerville High School.
The book offers, on the one hand, a time-capsule look at a world gone by – segregation, Vietnam War, and hitchhiking – and on the other hand, offers a realistic depiction of contemporary high school youth grappling with life’s issues, from the serious to the humorous.
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“Ferris Bueller meets Ulysses” is how author Wesley Moore III’s wife, Caroline, jokingly summarizes his debut novel, Today, Oh Boy.
Today, Oh Boy shares with Joyce’s masterpiece a plethora of well-developed characters Both novels utilize the omniscient point-of-view so that the all-knowing narrator can enter the consciousness of various characters yet provide panoramic overviews of the hustle and bustle of Dublin and Summerville High School.
The book offers, on the one hand, a time-capsule look at a world gone by – segregation, Vietnam War, and hitchhiking – and on the other hand, offers a realistic depiction of contemporary high school youth grappling with life’s issues, from the serious to the humorous.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.
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