American Fraternity Man

Fiction. Charles Washington a college grad brimming with energy and idealism and promise is swept up in the Compassion Boom. At the height of the financial meltdown he spurns the prescribed job market to take a job with a not-for-profit sacrificing salary for the selfless mission of his first post-college employer. Charles is out to save the world—the world of fraternities! AMERICAN FRATERNITY MAN is an intimate portrait of a young man struggling to become the right kind of professional while coming to terms with the harsh financial and political realities behind the ambitious mission statements and corporate philosophies. Set within a broad panoramic of the national fraternity world AMERICAN FRATERNITY MAN offers a humanizing look at the individuals who live and breathe Greek Life while also giving an unrivaled glimpse at the power potential and absurdity of the National Fraternity/Sorority business. Through both text and illustrations Nathan Holic offers the very human story of one young mans longing for morality and purpose in a world he simply has not been prepared to understand.. The culture of Greek life is both skewered and embraced in this take-no-prisoners coming of age novel from debut author Nathan Holic. Here youll meet one character who has reached the conclusion that goodness is just and that evil is easy to spot. But for Charles Washington the dynamic hero of this compelling story right and wrong are slippery things. In the end its a pleasure to tumble into Charles world even as we watch that world pulled out from under him. AMERICAN FRATERNITY MAN is at once satire and seriousness itself. But more than anything it is a compulsively readable book a thrilling ride beginning to end.—David James Poissant. Nathan Holic writes with the precision and confidence of a true badass. Hide your valuables and DIG IN.—Lindsey Hunter