The Blackfish Inheritance

By Thomas Wolfson

Book Overview

Based on the life of author Thomas Wolfson, "The Blackfish Inheritance" is a sweeping bildungsroman about a man attempting to escape from the outsize influence of his father and come into his own. Leon's travails begin with a privileged upbringing in New York City's Upper East Side, marred by spectacular family feuds between his famously eccentric father, a renowned artist and writer, and his blue-blooded mother. Alternately serious, hilarious, and poignant, Leon evokes the iconic Holden Caulfield and Jack Kerouac as he struggles with alienation and a lack of direction as a young student before heading to Los Angeles. There he works in the plumbing business, tries on the life of an insurance agent, and eventually becomes involved in a cult. Returning to the East Coast, Leon longs for a loving reconciliation with his difficult father. Even after his father's gone, Leon finds himself wrestling with his ghost-with the help of a Wampanoag medicine man. This lyrically written creative nonfiction novel encompasses a range of intriguing themes, including elitism, the tumultuous '60s, the insurance industry, shamanism, spirituality, Carl Jung, and psychology- offering a compelling journey through human interactions to which everyone can relate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692371974
• ISBN13: 9780692371978
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Loagy Bay Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"