Title: Extra Credit Author: Jeff Black Published by: Alyson Publications, 1985 ISBN: 0-932870-70-8 [trade paperback , 177 pages]
Mick is back and Harper's got him -- now what's he going to do?Harper King's life consists of a boring teaching job, stagnant relationships and a tank full of fish named after ex-lovers, dying in the same order their namesakes were seduced. Can you blame him for wanting a fresh start?
Enter Mick, a lover from the past talking about their future; Garrick, a first-year teacher looking for conjunctions, and not necessarily in the classroom; and young Dean, an oversexed Dennis the Menace making all A's in some very advanced biology.
Did Harper say he wanted a change?
Extra Credit is a very funny novel about people with a not-so-funny problem: what to do when they decide what they want out of life and life decides not to cooperate. It's a story of change and longing and, of course, love. "Love is like a big pitch-in dinner," philosopher King says, "and I'm one of those salads near the beginning that all look alike and are passed over for the meat and potatoes further down the line."
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