“There are no dysfunctional families in this novel. Murray Tepper isn’t searching for his inner self and he isn’t the product of a miserable childhood. He’s simply a New Yorker who likes to park his car, usually in a coveted spot, so he can sit in it and read the paper. This annoys some, and for Frank Ducavelli, New York’s somewhat irrational mayor also known as Il Duce, it’s a prime example of what he calls ‘the forces of disorder,’ and he won’t have it. This is Calvin Trillin at his satirical best . . . a wonderful summer read.”—Ann, Eagle Harbor Book Co., Bainbridge Island, WA. Buy Tepper Isn’t Going Out from Eagle Harbor Book Company.
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Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin
July 27, 2011