Hard-wired

Joseph Dobrian

Book - 2016

Andy Palinkas is a modern Don Quixote. He’s unattractive, and mistrustful of others. He’s obsessed with a girl he can’t win. He embarrasses himself at sports. Plus, as Andy observes, “Having a younger brother who can beat you at anything: That has got to be the worst thing in the world.” As he grows up in State City, Iowa, in the mid-1960s, Andy copes with life by making himself the hero of his own saga. He creates alternative realities in which he’s powerful, accomplished, brave—and sometimes vengeful. To his own amazement, by his senior year at State City High, Andy has become one of the cool kids. Then, he faces a decision that might cost him the status and admiration he’s earned. Will Andy stick to his principles, and fi...ght? Hard -Wired will resonate with any adult who remembers the humil- iations, the painful humor, and the occasional victories of adolescence--Back cover. more