Gods of the Andes

by Jack Zimmerman

Overview

South Side of Chicago, Summer of '59
Stoller Parkway needs a miracle

Estelle Schuller teaches no-talent piano students. Bimmey O'Brien steals dogs for money. Fred Mueller mopes over a failed Juilliard audition. Fred's father wants to run away to the Andes. Fred's mother would like to see him go. But the White Sox are about to clinch the American League Pennant, and Bimmey's unmarried sister inspires a betting scheme that changes everything.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148928881
Publisher:	Leafwood Publishers
Publication date:	11/09/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
File size:	519 KB

About the Author

Jack Zimmerman grew up on the Southwest Side of Chicago and graduated from the Chicago Conservatory of Music. He spent four years in the Navy during the Vietnam War and worked as a college instructor, freelance trombone player, piano tuner, newspaper columnist, and PR man. Presently, he works in the public relations department of Lyric Opera of Chicago and writes newspaper columns for Liberty Suburban Newspapers and the Chicago Journal. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Charlene, with whom he has two grown sons. Jack’s first book 10,000 Years in the Suburbs, a collection of his newspaper columns, was published in 1994 by Lake View Press.

Editorial Reviews

“Jack Zimmerman writes like the guy next door—if you happen to live next door to Richard Russo, Studs Terkel, or Mark Twain. What Russo does for small towns in upstate New York, Jack Zimmerman does with remarkable charm, wit and grace for a fictional Chicago neighborhood and town in America. A consummate storyteller, Jack introduces us to the neighbors and somehow effortlessly absorbs us in their mundane struggles, modest aspirations and secret dreams."

actor, director - Harold Ramis

“A wonderful read! As fleshy as Farrell, Terkel, and Algren.”

author, of Street Signs Chicago: Neighborhoods and Other Illusions of Big City Life - Lew Kreinberg

“Zimmerman’s Gods of the Andes makes one ache for the ‘59 White Sox, the South Side and the days when all you had to do to get a job in this town was hustle votes for your alderman. This book speaks to every real Chicagoan.”

uthor of The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City - Tony Fitzpatrick

"Jack's a true local treasure, a wonderful storyteller and compelling
character who has spun his yarns on "A Prairie Home Companion."

chicagotribune.com - Eric Zorn