Waylon McPhee， middle-aged and divorced， moves back in with his widowed father in hopes of coasting through another year. But his father is dating again， and his sisters are trying to manipulate Waylon into asking their father for their inheritance before he gives it to a second wife. Adding to the pandemonium are an affair with an obsessive married woman， some old high school acquaintances， and Waylon s renewed interest in the Prom Queen from his old high school， the same school where he has taken a job as a substitute teacher. The sarcastic Waylon， juggling his relationships and responsibilities caustically but light-heartedly， hangs on hoping to recover something he lost in his youth: enough momentum to reach escape velocity. By turns humorous and melancholy， this novel cruises to a conclusion where all its characters satisfyingly reap what they have sown. Gerald Duff is a splendid writer of sparkling dialogue， and has perfect pitch for the ennui of contemporary life in the suburbs of the petroleum-chemical corridor that stretches along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Mississippi.
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