A Friend of Kissinger: A Novel
Thirteen-year-old Danny Meyer's charmed life in Madison comes to an abrupt end when his concert pianist father falls ill and must give up his professorship. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee and live on the edge of poverty as his father's health worsens. Struggling with the change, Danny befriends the son of a gangster. Through brushes with a thrilling world of crime, he soon finds his way to a new confidence. A Friend of Kissinger captures a sentimental and authentic sense of place in a midwestern rust belt city, following a young man learning to make sense of the world around him. 
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A Friend of Kissinger: A Novel
Thirteen-year-old Danny Meyer's charmed life in Madison comes to an abrupt end when his concert pianist father falls ill and must give up his professorship. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee and live on the edge of poverty as his father's health worsens. Struggling with the change, Danny befriends the son of a gangster. Through brushes with a thrilling world of crime, he soon finds his way to a new confidence. A Friend of Kissinger captures a sentimental and authentic sense of place in a midwestern rust belt city, following a young man learning to make sense of the world around him. 
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A Friend of Kissinger: A Novel

A Friend of Kissinger: A Novel

by David Milofsky
A Friend of Kissinger: A Novel

A Friend of Kissinger: A Novel

by David Milofsky

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Thirteen-year-old Danny Meyer's charmed life in Madison comes to an abrupt end when his concert pianist father falls ill and must give up his professorship. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee and live on the edge of poverty as his father's health worsens. Struggling with the change, Danny befriends the son of a gangster. Through brushes with a thrilling world of crime, he soon finds his way to a new confidence. A Friend of Kissinger captures a sentimental and authentic sense of place in a midwestern rust belt city, following a young man learning to make sense of the world around him. 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780299185244
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 09/24/2019
Edition description: 1
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

David Milofsky is a professor of English at Colorado State University. He is the author of the novels Playing from Memory, Eternal People, and Color of Law.
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