Works Cited: An Alphabetical Odyssey of Mayhem and Misbehavior

ISBN-13: 9780803243378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 242 str.

Brandon R Schrand

Opis

Doing things by the book acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand s memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The works cited are those books that serve as Schrand s signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood (with a stop along the way to buy a five-dollar mustard-colored M. C. Hammer suit, so he ll fit in at college). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn informs his adolescent angst over the perceived injustice of society s refusal to openly discuss boners. The Great Gatsby serves as a metaphor for his indulgent and directionless college days spent in a drunken stupor (when he wasn t feigning interest in Mormonism to attract women). William Kittredge s Hole in the Sky parallels his own dangerous adulthood slide into alcoholism and denial. With a finely calibrated wit, a good dose of humility, and a strong supporting cast of literary characters, Schrand manages to chart his own story about a dreamer thrown out of school as many times as he s thrown into jail until he finally sticks his landing."