That Old Cape Magic

Tags

2009,20th century america

Summary

The story revolves around a past-middle-age former Hollywood screenwriter, Jack Griffin, who is presently teaching creative writing at a New England college. He loses both parents within a year of each other, and he travels considerable distance to attend two weddings during the same time.

Description

That Old Cape Magic is Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Richard Russo's eighth novel. First published in 2009.the novel is much lighter in content than his previous work, the somber 2007 work Bridge of Sighs, which followed some upstate New York characters across several decades.