American Corporate by Jeb Stewart Harrison
Publisher: Baby Bingus Books (Nov 27, 2018)
Category: Literary fiction, humor, family life
Tour dates: Apr/May, 2019
ISBN: 978-1986937863
Available in Print and ebook, 258 pages
Description American Corporate by Jeb Stewart Harrison
A playful, big-hearted tragicomedy in the Russo/Irving mold, American Corporate chronicles the misadventures of middle-aged Jack Sullivan and his family as they bounce across the country in search of gainful employment, domestic tranquility, and a few people they can trust.
It is a story that working parents past, present and future will see as part of their own: the triumphs, the tragedies, the innocent mistakes and the not-so-innocent mistakes, and above all the forgiveness that keeps families together to face another challenge.
My Thoughts American Corporate by Jeb Stewart Harrison
Whenever a book starts out with a guy getting skunked and makes me laugh at the beginning,I know I’m going to enjoy it. I don’t usually know that soon with humorous books if I will enjoy them that soon! There is something so funny about the protagonist of this book. Jack Sullivan is a normal, average, middle-aged guy with a wife, two kids, a really stupid dog and a house in suburbia that he can’t afford. He loses his job and is on the way to losing his house when he gets offered another job at a corporation in Indiana. Of course, for Southern Californian Jack, Indiana might as well be Guam for how remote and foreign it seems.
Jack is funny. He’s not terribly smart or nice and he’s certainly not very good at his job (no wonder he got fired) but he’s hilarious because his life is just so….crazy. The things that happen to him are so off the wall and entertaining that I couldn’t put the book down. I kept waiting to see what was going to happen next.
Aside from Jack, his wife, Carrie is the other main character. Carrie is also hilarious in a more ditzy and silly way. I found myself rooting for her even though she….uh, well, no spoilers but let’s just say she makes some interesting decisions about her personal life. I wanted her to succeed even though that might mean bad things for other characters I liked, too. She was strangely sweet and hopeful, an attribute that is hard to write in these types of books.
Jeb Stewart Harrison really created an excellent take on typical suburban life and working for a corporation here. It’s really a parody. If, after reading this review, you’re still on the fence about checking out the book: don’t be. It’s worth the read just for the character names and one-liners alone. It is full of humor with substance! I can easily give ‘American Corporate’ 5 stars.
About Jeb Stewart Harrison
Award winning author, Jeb Stewart Harrison is a freelance writer, songwriter, musician and painter in San Rafael, California. After many years as an ad agency copywriter, writer/producer, creative director, and director of marketing communications, Jeb now writes fiction and creative non-fiction, along with commercial works for hire. Jeb’s debut novel, Hack, was published by Harper Davis Publishers in August 2012. In 2015 he received his MFA from Pacific Lutheran University at the tender age of 60. His second novel, The Healing of Howard Brown, won the 2017 Independent Press Award for literary fiction. His third novel, American Corporate, was published in November, 2018.
He also records and plays electric bass guitar with the popular instrumental combo The Treble Makers, as well as Bay Area favorites Call Me Bwana. Jeb was born and raised in Kentfield, California, and has lived in Boulder, CO; Missoula, MT; Hollywood, CA; Scottsdale, AZ; Indianapolis, IN; Ridgefield, CT and Stinson Beach, CA.
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