Thumper Grows Up & The Farm

A novel in short stories, Thumper Grows Up follows Thumper's life beginning with him leaving home at 18 to lead a bohemian life on the mean streets of Worcester, Mass. where he immerses himself in Worcester's counterculture. The author experiments with persons and tenses, alternating among 1st, 2nd and 3rd person and past/present tense, even including a chapter written as a play. The author's journals, kept over a lifetime of experiences, allow him to finally write these stories.
The Farm bridges childhood and adulthood with memories of the mostly idyllic times he spent at his uncle's farm in Wendell, MA. The interludes at the farm with his cousins are some of his most vivid memories.