The Event

by Donald Silverman

Overview

Albert Townsend leads a boring life. His wife walks all over him, he has a boring job at his mother-in-law's boutique, and he rarely speaks to his grown children. But while his acquiescence may be construed as simplicity and compliance, he is anything but. Albert is a murderer. In flashbacks, Albert's four horrendous years at an all-boys boarding school are revealed in all their glory, which includes a roommate named David, who pushed quiet Albert over the edge-and himself six feet under. And while THE EVENT is not a mystery, the ending will surprise you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467034111
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	01/20/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	351 KB

Editorial Reviews

The Event is a darkly comedic meditation on the bubbling anger that lies just below the surface in the millions of people living the lives of quiet desperation in our retail industry.

Colin Quinn

Narrator Albert Townsend's life pivots around his having murdered his boarding-school roommate, a little-liked bully, at age 14. The plot skates between the early 1950s, when "The Event" occurred, and the1980s, when someone finally finds the body. Although no one ever discovers Albert's culpability, his obsession with the deed results in his subsequent empty marriage and meaningless job. Not much really happens until late in the book, when a sudden eruption of rude and violent behavior surfaces--in both time periods. For larger collections. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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