The Theory of the Sofa - A Novel

<p>In the summer of 1969 the world was not just spinning around it was turning upside down.  </p><p></p><p><strong><em>The Theory of the Sofa</em></strong> presents three very different perspectives of this seminal period in American history.  As the main characters navigate the turbulent times their separate coming- of-age paths cross and diverge and a slow- burning plot grows into a full-blown inferno.  </p><p></p><p>Lenny is on his way to an MBA but instead hops on an old school bus heading to a commune in Mendocino.  Jean was raised on a New Hampshire farm and has dreams that are derailed by his father's untimely death.  The two men unwittingly become embroiled in Steven's mafia activities a world they know nothing about.</p><p></p><p>This plays out against the backdrop of a world in flux.  There were protests assassinations men on the moon nuclear saber- rattling war peace drugs and love all clearly defined by the music we heard and sang gospel that half a century later still elicits exuberant sing-alongs.  </p>