Described as a "very great achievement," this first novel by Saroyan is a simple narrative about what life is like back home during wartime. Ordinary human beings are in focus in ordinary circumstances.
Working as a telegraph messenger in California during World War II, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley gains an understanding of the world and an acceptance of his brother's death.
Described as a "very great achievement," this first novel by Saroyan is a simple narrative about what life is like back home during wartime. Ordinary human beings are in focus in ordinary circumstances.
Working as a telegraph messenger in California during World War II, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley gains an understanding of the world and an acceptance of his brother's death.
