Old Norm

The Thompson family cannot avoid Old Norm. He is wealthy brash insulting and occasionally ostentatiously generous. Most people ignore his conduct. The Thompsons cannot. The story winds its way through war a wedding a funeral an outoftheway tavern a small college and an undiscovered crime. The familys youngest son narrates. As he matures he watches family members contend with Old Norms persistent insolence while he learns that people are connected in ways that are hard to imagine.