Small Plastic Summer: A Novel

by T. Gate Elton

 

Adult Fiction

ISBN: 978-0-9766423-5-0

Released 2008-10-20

Size: 6" x 9"

Length: 226 pages

Small Plastic Summer, the debut novel from Pacific Northwest author T. Gate Elton is a self-described "Anti-war, pro-foosball, fictionalized manifesto on the search for God in the 21st century." Elton's tale of Adam Bannerman begins when, along with his loving wife Trish, he moves cross-country to escape a dark family past full of war-time death, suicide, and alcohol-soaked manslaughter. An attempt at a fresh start in the California sun causes Adam to reassess the nature of his own reality, sparked by the discovery of a badly burned Children's book questioning the nature of God.

When Adam unexpectedly finds himself involved in a local Foosball League, he is surprised that this simple game begins to reconnect him with the humanity, both loving and savage, that had been buried in a heart he had kept numb to all but his wife.

In the course of the Summer that follows, Adam will face off in plastic warfare against his friends and demons and ultimately gain a clear understanding of how Foosball holds the key to life's simplest truths.

Full of memorable characters, ridiculous situations, and an inordinate amount of Foosball; this deeply relevant, highly modern work is witty, philosophical, and at times romantic.