The Great American Boyhood Project: A Novel
A boy. A dad. America. What could go wrong? In this hilarious novel, a well-meaning father tries to teach his son how to be a man—but the results are disastrous. No matter how hard this dad tries, he just can’t get it right. He’s got plenty of ideas and enthusiasm, but his ideas never seem to take. Frustrated, he tries and fails even harder. Meanwhile, his son is learning all kinds of valuable lessons—just not the kind his father is trying to teach him. Pretty much the perfect book for anyone who has tried to raise a son.
Broken hearts, shattered souls, abandoned ideals, and inescapable fates are just a few of the themes Tad Simons explores in his new short-story collection, The Bleeder. For those on the squeamish side, rest assured that the "bleeding" referred to in title is mostly a metaphor for pain and suffering. Okay, there are a few drops of the red stuff here and there, but the stories themselves are really humorous excursions to places only the human imagination can go. Buy a copy now to find out what that really means. Thanks.
The summer after his freshman year in college, Tad Simons and a friend took a summer job selling educational books door-to-door, 1,500 miles away from home. The Bookman Song is a true story of their surreal adventures. It is also an incisive meditation on the meaning of success, the nature of the American Dream, and what it takes to sell anything door-to-door in a cruel and indifferent world.