American Dreamland by Robert C. Huckins (iUniverse, 2010)American Dreamland is the first novel of New Hampshire teacher-turned-author Robert C. Huckins. He will be reading from the novel at Toadstool Bookshop, Keene on Saturday, February 12, 2011 beginning at 2pm.
"The story is set in a time very much like our own: In the face of dwindling approval ratings and growing criticism, President George W. Bush is impeached and thrown out of office near the end of his second term. He returns home to Texas, bewildered and humiliated, his political career in ruins. Meanwhile, a deeply respected but poorly reviewed Bob Dylan finds his Never Ending Tour odyssey growing tired and stale as fans and critics alike view him more as a traveling museum than as a dynamic performance artist. Disillusioned, Bob retires from music. As the sun fades on these two men, each of them struggles to find his place in the increasingly fickle American cultural landscape. Bush's and Dylan's worlds come together in strange and unpredictable ways, demonstrating how seemingly opposite ends of life's spectrum may not be so far apart from each other after all." (publisher's blurb)
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