Long Long Time

by Ralph Bland

Ralph Bland's fifth novel LONG LONG TIME follows the journey of Harry Allen - high school and college basketball star, philosopher, wastrel, dreamer, and child of the 60s - as he stumbles, falls, and somehow negotiates his way down the cragged bumpy highway of his life. During the course of the comic narrative Harry goes on a wild rambunctious trip from the Cuban Missile Crisis to Post 9/11 while offering through his Tennessee-tinted vision his take on what makes the world he finds himself a reluctant member of go round (and possibly end at any moment). It is only when death and intimations of his own mortality arise that Harry begins to learn what all this ruckus he's been in the middle of for a multitude of sad funny scary but always magical years has really been all about. Ralph Bland is the author of six novels, including ACE and ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY. He lives with his wife, a pack of spoiled dogs, and an eccentric MG on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee.

249 pages, Paperback

Published September 9, 2020

About the author

Ralph Bland is the author of eleven novels. He lives with his wife, a pack of spoiled dogs, and an eccentric MG on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee.

Once In Love With Amy
Where Or When
Past Perfect
Ace
Long Long Time
Bright Red Devil
Super Sport
Stars Rain Sun Moon
Anticipation
Exeunt
Lockhart

Not Dead Again: Stories

Reviews

[Monte Lamb · Rating 4 out of 5]

A coming of age story where the main character just never really grows up. Harry Allen is a mixed up kid who becomes quite a good basketball player and tries to use his skill to help him in his life. He is quite crazy about girls even though he has a difficult time treating them with much respect. He does have a true love of his life in Yvonne who always seems to be just beyond his grasp until too late in his life. The trials of Harry's life seem to be never ending and he never really gets a grasp on his life until you get the sense that he is finally able to put his past behind and finally move forward near the end of this tale. The author does a good job of telling this story and most men will be able to relate to many of the tales in this book.