Tepper Isn't Going Out
Trillin, Calvin

Description

Hilarious novel published in the U.S. that we came across by accident when searching for another of Trillin's books for a customer (one of his better known George Bush-bashing efforts I think). This short upbeat novel is a really entertaining read with lots of commentary on modern society and unwieldly bureaucracy thrown in. Murray Tepper loves to find a good parking spot, even though he now rents a space in a fancy garage. There's nothing he likes more than the challenge of cruising the Manhattan streets in search of a space that will be good for 48 hours or so (provided the street cleaners won't be doing that side of the road the next morning). Once he's in a spot he likes to sit and read his paper there despite the many interruptions from hopeful parkers asking if he's going out. But he's not. He's staying in, because his spot is good for a while yet.

Gradually Tepper comes to the attention of the New York mayor who dislikes any sort of subversion and the media who think there must be more to it and begin to portray Tepper as a modern-day sage. And so the lines grow outside his car and the media circus surrounding his parking efforts spirals out of control, but Tepper just carries on doing his thing (in between his hilarious day job finding likely lists of people to market research new products on).

Paperback - Random House USA - 2002

Price: £8.99

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