The Punk and the Professor A Novel

"Set in the suburban shadows of New York City as the 1980s crash into the '90s, The punk and the professor brings us into the troubled world of a young introvert. Jack Tortis is an underdog branded as a punk in a place where sameness is celebrated. Destined to be a dropout laborer like his estranged father, he clings to hope and fights against a tide of dysfunction as obstacles spring up around him. In a battle for survival, Jack is faced with three options--fall into the street life, join the world of service labor, or fight his way through school"--Page 4 of cover.