Rocky's Eulogy

About the Book

Before the latest reunion of his circle of university friends who have gathered periodically to renew acquaintance since their graduation over thirty years ago, Tony Rocco is asked to deliver a eulogy of the friend whom this group has come to regard with unusual respect and admiration for his humanity, professionalism and personal probity. As Tony visits members of the group of his college contemporaries to gather impressions and feelings to use in his eulogy, he discovers some surprising things about his youthful friends and manages to resolve a dilemma which has brought him to the brink of destroying his marriage and escaping to the uncertainty of a financially desperate and lonely life.

About the Author

After a long career in university teaching (linguistics and American literature) and administration (assignments as academic vice president and chancellor), LAWRENCE IANNI has devoted himself to his love of storytelling. His first three novels, published over the pseudonym Poe Iannie, are a trilogy of tales of the absurdities of the academic life. His current fictional efforts tell of the inescapable predicaments that roil the lives of people pursuing reasonable goals in the face of unreasonable opposition. Ianni is retired and lives in California.