{"product_id":"time-wont-let-me-a-novel-9780060797089","title":"Time Won't Let Me: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Bill Schefts hilarious second novel  a finalist for the 2006 Thurber Prize for American Humor  five former members of a rock band  fast approaching age fifty  try to overcome their petty feuds and failed (and failing) marriages to recapture the fading yet distinct tone of their music and friendships. In 1967  while students at Chase Academy  the prep-school garage band known as the Truants recorded a vanity album  Out of Site. Thirty years later  they discover that a record collector has paid $10 000 for a rare copy of the disk  and an avid fan-turned-promoter convinces them to reunite and cash in. But miles from the horizon of youth  weighted down by shortsighted choices and mortgaged ambitions  they find thats not so simple. Richie  a divorce lawyer  must stop seducing clients with karaoke. John  a dermatologist  needs to escape the would-be patients who corner him at parties  sleeves rolled upor worse. Tim must introduce his wife to his drum set  hidden in the attic the way most guys hide porn. Brian has to desert the thesis hes been \"completing\" for twenty-five years. And somebody  somehow  has to track down Jerry  a hopeless gambler\/Equal addict last seen flying to the Caymans with $1 million taped to his body. Along the way they encounter a delusional sister  an anatomically blessed baker  Les Paul  and former J. Geils Band lead singer Peter Wolf. With his trademark relentless humor  light and dark  and his compassion for the second acts of the baby boomer experience  Bill Scheft follows up his critically acclaimed debut novel  The Ringer  with another hysterical  touching look at chaotic lives in search of harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924759838773,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060797088","price":66.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060797089.jpg?v=1794140372","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/time-wont-let-me-a-novel-9780060797089","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}