Homer in Flight - Softcover

Maharaj, Rabindranath

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0864922205 ISBN 13: 9780864922205

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions, 1997

Synopsis

Hilarious and poignant, Homer in Flight draws a brilliant picture of a chronic malcontent roving from high-rise to housing development along the 401 and the QEW. Homer remains utterly displaced, not because of what other people do or don't do, but because he lives in his imagination instead of embracing an imperfect but fairly benign reality.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Run, you little bitch, run. You could run as far as you want, you can' escape." His uncle's words ring in Homer Santokie's ears as his plane gains altitude and Trinidad falls away below. He has escaped. His destination: Toronto. Homer trades a basement in Ajax for a Dixie high rise, a factory job for a position as a Hamilton school librarian. Marrying Vashti and moving into her sister's house in Burlington, becoming a father, publishing his book — these successes should win Homer peace and security. But he craves more.

Hilarious and poignant, Homer in Flight draws a brilliant picture of a man evading one imaginary crisis after another. Homer veers from bravery to bravado, from jollity to gut-wrenching anxiety and confusion. Articulate and annoyed, he wrestles mightily with the benign reality of his new life.

From the Back Cover:

In this satirical and often humorous novel, Homerwad Santokie, long dissatisfied with his life in Trinidad, decides to emigrate to the land of promise -- Canada. But leaving his homeland turns out to be not exactly what he had imagined. "Homer in Flight" follows him from a low-rent high-rise to a basement apartment in the suburbs, from a job in a Nutrapure juice factory to employment as a librarian. Although Homer eventually achieves a version of success -- marriage, a good job and fatherhood -- he veers from bravery to bravado, his grandiose dreams out of sync with his all-to-ordinary experiences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0864922205
• ISBN 13: 9780864922205
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 323