Signifying Nothing

by Clifford Thompson

Book Overview

The novel is set in Washington, D.C., in 1979 and focuses on the Hobbs family. Lester Hobbs, nineteen years old, is mentally retarded and mute ― until the day he suddenly begins to rap at the top of his lungs about life with his parents and older siblings. That development has a profound effect on the rest of the family, whose members struggle to figure out what it means, for Lester and themselves.
Lester's wise-cracking brother, Greg,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440132690
• ISBN13: 9781440132698
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"