The Ordinary White Boy
by:
Brock Clarke (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156027090 (0156027097)
Publish date: September 3rd 2002
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
I first learned about Brock Clarke, and subsequently his novels, because he was my creative writing professor for four quarters at the University of Cincinnati. Therefore, having known him personally, I had preconceived notions about what his writing might be like. He was an enjoyable teacher, and I...
Irony is alive and well in upstate New York. This is an amusing and entertaining tale that comes off sounding like the wise-ass little brother of Jernigan by David Gates. Lamar Kerry Jr. does not know pain, and even goes as far as to get himself beaten up, because he feels that he deserves it. He is...