Alternative Culture Magazine has given a big thumbs up in its review of "Looking for the Summer," my novel about a Vietnam War conscientious objector's search for identity on the road from Paris to Calcutta in 1977.
"Bob Norris tells a riveting true-to-life story of the Vietnam era and its aftermath. A young man has a high draft number, joins the Air Force, and then serves a year in military prison rather than going to war. This archetypal predicament serves as background for the adventures related here, beginning in Paris and extending to Germany, Afghanistan and India. David Thompson has left the U.S. and is seeking a broader vision, finding in the world around him and within himself the inspiration to write. Along the way he finds friendship and support by a number of other interesting characters, who accompany him in a journey of discovery. Physical danger and political intrigue are part of the bargain, but these he survives until the final revelations he receives in the squalor of India. Finally he is able to come to terms with his
own private demons, his estranged father, his homeland, the past.
The book is entertaining, fast-paced, and well-written. The language is fresh and smooth, the characters are alive, the scenery vivid. We are able to identify with Mr. Thompson (presumably Norris) through his struggles to find meaning and peace in his self-exile. Mr. Norris has given us an apt and representative portrait of a generation." -- Nowick Gray, Alternative Culture
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