With the irascible, profane and fascinating character George Gordon Bombazine, Tom Walker's A Day in the Life gives us an academic to stand alongside such memorable college professors as those created by Kingsley Amis and Michael Chabon. Through his encounters and reflections over the course of one day, the novel compellingly examines not just its main character but also the nature of dying... and of living, too. Bombazine and A Day in the Life will resonate in my mind for days to come. -- William Merrill, short story author, Amazon Vine Program book reviewer.
Engagingly structured, fast-paced, laced with humor and horror, and many well-chosen contemporary and classic allusions, A Day in the Life offers a fresh take not only on dysfunctional families but also on dysfunctional individuals. The introduction early in the first chapter, Argos, an Alaskan malamute, hooked me. -- Coleen Grissom, author of A Novel Approach to Life and The World According to Coleen.
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