The Fourth of July by Kevin Dowd

The Fourth of July by Kevin Dowd

Fiction. THE FOURTH OF JULY takes place in the summer 1974 on an island off the coast of Connecticut. All Jack Smith wants is a vacation like he enjoyed in his youth: swimming, sailing, and sunshine. But Jack finds his summer plans spiraling out of control. His estranged wife follows him to the island, looking for money. The priest and constable are conspiring his ruin. And the local Lolita is intent upon seducing him. Jack suddenly has more problems than he can handle, and he deals with them the only way he knows how: with rum and romance, all leading to a calamitous Fourth of July, in Kevin Dowd's hilarious first novel.

First novels are always interesting business. It's a special treat to come across a new writer with a unique outlook on the way the sexes cohabit--particularly someone as humorous as Kevin Dowd. THE FOURTH OF JULY reminded me of such gin-soaked comic classics as A Confederacy of Dunces and The Ginger Man. Dowd's hero, Jack Smith, joins the rank of those lovable rogues, a man who spends his summer tippling into all sorts of trouble with only the best intentions. I laughed out loud.--Rand Richards Cooper

Dowd, Kevin: - Kevin Dowd is professor of finance and economics at Durham University and a partner in Cobden Partners. A lifelong classical liberal, his main interests are in private money and free banking, but he is also interested in general political economy, monetary and financial economics, regulation, risk management and pensions. He has published widely in academic journals and is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic Affairs.

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ISBN 13	9780985881207
ISBN 10	0985881208
Title	The Fourth of July
Author	Kevin Dowd
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Roundabout Press
Year published	2013-03-31
Number of pages	149
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