SECOND TIME ROUND

by Clifford Hanley ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 17, 1964

Tom Fletcher is a totally attractive character -- a ""born"" salesman; self-ade; driving, but never quite ruthless. The scene is present day Glasgow and it starts with the recently widowed Fletcher in his mid-forties. All his status symbols are in place; he reached the top long ago. There are still worlds to conquer, but his desire to do anything was buried with his wife. He muddles toward an understanding of his teen-age son. He backpedals from the passionate pursuit of his predatory housekeeper. He is inert in the face of his company's takeover by a huge corporation. While these affairs go on around him, the story moves forward by moving backward -- flashbacks fill in the history of the completely upward mobile can temporarily sidetracked by personal loss. Goaded by the necessity to see if he can perform, Fletcher makes the effort--rebirth of a salesman. He battles the corporation, routs the housekeeper, settles his family. His moments of grief are in contrast to the farce of low romance and the satiric sketches of his family and associates. Pleasantly good storytelling with a potential for readers of both sexes.

Pub Date: June 17, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1964

Categories: FICTION