Description: Balladeer of the cityÆs broken and forgotten men, Joseph G. Peterson looks for inspiration in urban side streets and alleys, where crooked schemes are hatched, where lives end violently, and where pretty much everyone is up to no good. Depicting the lives of people who have woefully lost their way in the worldcriminals and victims, the...
Brief description:
Joseph G. Peterson works in publishing. He is the author of Inside the Whale: A Novel in Verse, and Beautiful Piece, also published by Northern Illinois University Press. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
Review Quotes:
Life often doesn't pan out as we had hoped it would. Wanted: Elevator Man is a novel following the rut that Eliot Barnes Jr. faces in his life, having the best set up he could hope for only to be stuck without much hope and aspiration in spite of his education and roots. A story of coping with expectations proving to be a lie in one's life, Wanted: Elevator Man is a literary addition to any contemporary fiction collection, highly recommended.
-- "Midwest Book Review"