Guy Reads: The Bartender's Tale

12 year old Rusty and his single father Tom, a bartender, have a relationship built on acceptance and trust.  Tom works long hours in his bar and Rusty has a pretty solitary existence on his own.  All that changes in the summer of 1960 when Zoe, the new cafe owner's daughter, and Rusty become instant and profound friends. But Zoe's not the only one who comes into Rusty's life that summer.  Also making an appearance is Proxy, an unsavory friend from Tom's past who makes the claim that Tom is the father of her daughter.  Ivan Doig's The Bartender's Tale is a teenage boy's coming of age tale where life is not black and white.

Guy Reads: Fire Flight

In amazing detail, John Nance presents a hair raising thriller that will leave readers breathless from cover to cover in Fire Flight.  Veteran pilot Clark thought his fire bombing days were behind him.  When his friend Jerry calls him during the height of fire season, Clark doesn't hesitate.  With wildfires raging and threatening to destroy Yellowstone and Grant Teton National Park, a mysterious string of accidents plagues those fighting the fires.  When Clark investigates, he stumbles upon a sinister cover up that may cost him his life.  Written with great accuracy by a former pilot, Fire Flight is full of heart pounding moments thrills.

Guy Reads: Clawback

Mike Cooper's debut novel, Clawback is a thriller full of action and intrigue.  Although America is in the midst of a recession, Wall Street is doing great...until the killing starts.  After an assassin starts killing America's worst performing financiers, a coalition of bankers hires a fixer .  Bodies fall, stocks plunge, and the fixer finds himself a target as well.  Think Hollywood hero with a Beretta and disposable cell phone vs. a Gordon Gekko type!

Guy Reads: West by West

Basketball fans who consider Jerry West a legend will be surprised to learn that at the end of the day he is simply a man carrying around a lot of baggage.  His brutally candid autobiography, West by West: My Charmed Tormented Life, discusses not only his glowing achievements but also lower points including physical abuse as a child, the death of his beloved brother, and West's struggle with clinical depression.  The intertwined brilliance and agony that is Jerry West's life is a powerful narrative that will draw fans in from the first page.

Guy Reads: Dan Gets a Minivan

It could happen to anyone, really.  You settle down, have children and find  yourself...driving a minivan.  Dan Zevin, noted humorist, ponders what his lifestyle transition from dude to dad in his new book, Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad.  You'll find yourself in stitches as this former hipster details his suburban life complete with everything from trips to discount stores, vacations to Disney, and court battles over dog walking violations.  That's life at the intersection of dude and dad!