The Autograph of Steve Industry

Fiction. Bob Seger-loving, Dunkies-sipping, warding off the backslide. His band is The Steamrollers. His wife is Saundra (for now). His daughter is Nancy, and her favorite word is shampoo or loops or whatever friggin suits her.

Through four seasons and a restless survey, Kelly's Roast Beef and Salisbury Beach, Steve Industry leaks his heart into his harmonica solo. Hilarious and tender, Ben Hersey's debut novel disgorges a powerful new vision of contemporary working class New England.