‘Comes the Electric Circus’ author at Browseabout May 11
Browseabout Books announces an event with Gerald F. Sweeney, where he’ll read from his latest book, “Comes the Electric Circus,” Saturday, May 11, at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach.
”Sweeney has completed a series of seven novels called The Columbiad that follows one family through the 20th Century. On Nov. 11, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, the saga’s final novel, “Comes the Electric Circus,” was published.
“Comes the Electric Circus” is a novel that reflects the tumultuous changes that occurred between the traditional 1950s and the mind-blowing ’60s. The story of the romance between two young Manhattanites at a time when New York became the world’s capital of finance and the arts, captures the evolution of their love in the midst of the radical developments in the social and intellectual shifts that reshaped America. Working in the lively television and magazine communication business, the couple witnesses conventional, conservative values spin out of control with the advent of the sexual revolution, the Beats, the Boomers, cool jazz, New Journalism, the rise of television and the continued escalation of the Cold War and Space Race. How does the young couple survive the mayhem and maintain their closeness? The other books in The Columbiad series include “Eagles Rising,” “First Lights,” “Crashing into Sunrise,” “Tournament of a Distinguished White Order,” “Yo Columbia!” and “Wizard Ho.’
Sweeney is an Army vet and a Michigan graduate. His business life was consumed by Manhattan’s madcap magazine business, where he overworked in various capacities, including publisher. Energized by JFK, he made a seven-year detour into government work including a stint on Capitol Hill.
The event will take place Saturday, May 11, beginning at 2 p.m. Browseabout Books is located at 133 Rehoboth Ave. in downtown Rehoboth Beach. For more information, call 302-226-2665.
