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T. Patrick Mulroe, Jr.
The Troubadours
The Troubadours
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FOLLOW THESE FRIENDS AS THEY FACE A CHANGING AMERICA IN THIS NEW SUMMER READ:
With a hint of Fitzgerald's nostalgia comes the melancholy story of individuals caught up in the seduction of youth that promises to last forever, before tenderness and regret take up residence in a world that is drastically changed.
THE TROUBADOURS captures the urgency of a heartbeat given to a particular stretch of time, as Eleanor Henderson does in TEN THOUSAND SAINTS ,set against a backdrop of recent events the way Linda Grant sets her characters in WE HAD IT SO GOOD. THE TROUBADOURS tells the story of seven men who meet living in a rooming house in Oak Park outside Chicago during college-- in the tradition of Rona Jaffe's CLASS REUNION. It follows them for the next thirty years of their lives until they are fifty.
Laurent, who arrives from Paris, France with what he calls a hi-fi and his Frank Sinatra records, is at the center of this group as he searches his ancestry. Ethan MacKenzie finds himself at the rooming house when his parents turn him away from their home after he comes out as being gay to them. Tim O'Brian is the reckless Black Sheep of his wealthy River Forest family, filled with enough charisma to turn any gathering into a party. Irish Catholic Dan Cleary provides the group's moral compass while quiet Tyler Vernon's music pushes him to the limelight. Ross Whitman is the reluctant member of the group drawn into it despite his resistance. But it is the narrator, Tom, who provides the thing the group needs more than anything-- undying loyalty that unites these men who meet as boys, and the women they love, forever.
With a hint of Fitzgerald's nostalgia comes the melancholy story of individuals caught up in the seduction of youth that promises to last forever, before tenderness and regret take up residence in a world that is drastically changed.
THE TROUBADOURS captures the urgency of a heartbeat given to a particular stretch of time, as Eleanor Henderson does in TEN THOUSAND SAINTS ,set against a backdrop of recent events the way Linda Grant sets her characters in WE HAD IT SO GOOD. THE TROUBADOURS tells the story of seven men who meet living in a rooming house in Oak Park outside Chicago during college-- in the tradition of Rona Jaffe's CLASS REUNION. It follows them for the next thirty years of their lives until they are fifty.
Laurent, who arrives from Paris, France with what he calls a hi-fi and his Frank Sinatra records, is at the center of this group as he searches his ancestry. Ethan MacKenzie finds himself at the rooming house when his parents turn him away from their home after he comes out as being gay to them. Tim O'Brian is the reckless Black Sheep of his wealthy River Forest family, filled with enough charisma to turn any gathering into a party. Irish Catholic Dan Cleary provides the group's moral compass while quiet Tyler Vernon's music pushes him to the limelight. Ross Whitman is the reluctant member of the group drawn into it despite his resistance. But it is the narrator, Tom, who provides the thing the group needs more than anything-- undying loyalty that unites these men who meet as boys, and the women they love, forever.
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