[nice copy, tiny dent at bottom of rear cover, no other significant wear; jacket equally nice, with just the slightest trace of wrinkling along the top edge]. "Something is wrong with Eddie Hobson, Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quizmaster, black humorist and virtuoso invalid. One child suspects that the man is evading a near escape with the BIg Picture, which he experienced, if ever, during World War II. And another contends that he has simply lost himself in a confidence game with his fellowman. Whatever the case, the man is sick and heading into the illness's homestretch as his children try to discover the nature of his sickness." The acclaimed author's second novel.

Illness Fathers