John Smith, U.S.A. 9789362209269 As characters navigate the intricacies

As characters navigate the intricacies of love triangles and marriage

The narrative shows how political pressures

Nan gets entangled in the lives and struggles of the various people that dwell in the halfway house

The vagrant duke is a story of personal reinvention and the pursuit of identity in the face of adversity

and redemption that explores the idea of what it means to be truly human

John Smith, U.S.A. 9789362209269 As characters navigate the intricaciesJohn Smith, U. S. A. assembles a lively collection of poetry and humorous prose that captures the texture of everyday American life through the figure of an ordinary man repeated in many forms. The book opens with a homesick traveller discovering the name John Smith, U. S. A. in a London register, a small detail that sparks a chain of reflections on the countless Americans who might bear that same, unremarkable name. This moment of nostalgia draws the