Lummox

In the slapstick tradition of A Confederacy of Dunces comes Lummox part farce, parttreatise on what it means to be a man in America part true-life tale of a twenty-something man stumbling through the Reagan years, all of it funny in a way that willwarm your heart.The lummox is Mike Magnuson, your friendly neighborhood big guy with a foulmouth, a spare tire around his midsection, and a tender heart, and these are his yearsworking in factories, handing out in taverns, befriending reprobates, going to college,having troubles with the law, and living with crazy jazz musicians and with lesbianseparatists. When a mysterious phantom enters his life, he sets himself on a quest todiscover the true meaning of lummoxness, and what he learns along the way is bothshocking and hilarious.Written with honesty and self-effacing wry humor, Lummox is an exceptionalstory of manhood at a time of its redefinition, a book that will leave you laughing outloud in recognition and cheering for lummoxes everywhere.