Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea: A Novel

General FictionLarge Print EditionBausch is a wily and subtle writer. starred, Publishers WeeklyAn engrossing, bittersweet comedy. Kirkus ReviewsSet in the year after JFKs assassination, this is the story of young Walter Marshall, a devout, idealistic nineteen-year-old who lives with his mother and attends radio broadcast school at night. Stirred by the death of the recently martyred president, Walter has set his sights on a political career. But first he has some living to do and a lot to learn mostly about women. Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea evokes the sense of a distant time, and while it reminds us of who we have been, it lets us be who we are.