Description
The second novel from Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children, Election and The Abstinence Teacher. Everything is going pretty well for Dave Raymond. He's 31 but still feels young. He plays guitar with the Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding band, and while it isn't exactly the big time, it is music. He has a roof over his head — his parents' roof — and they don't hassle him much. Life isn't perfect, but it isn't bad. Not bad at all. Then he has to blow it all by proposing to his girlfriend. One man's treasure is another man's millstone. To Dave, the treasure in question is Gretchen, a sexy, bohemian poet he meets while playing at a wedding with his band. While Gretchen the poet plays the bridesmaid, Dave plays the rock star. Suddenly, the comfortable trajectory of his life seems far less appealing.