David Schwinghammer’s Reviews > The Last Chairlift > Status Update

Adam's aunts, Martha and Abigail, move his grandmother River Bend, an old folks home, but she has the last laugh.

Adam's mom had a three-way relationship with Adam's older friend Molly and Mr. Barlow.

Mr. Barlow is gay. Nora and Em, two of Adam's best friends, have a comedy routine.

Adam and Mr. Barlow have a confrontation at Penn Station. A man accuses Adam of being a draft dodger.

Adam and Mr. Barlow have a conflict with four guys at Penn Station. Afterwards they kid around. "Four huge guys--all of them communists," Adam told Barlow.

Adam's English teacher,Elliot Barlow, is very short, weighing only 130 lbs. but he had an "interior mischief", "an instinct for confrontation", For instance he liked to dress as a woman and he didn't care who knew it.

Adam is doing research for two writers on the Nazis.

Adam is getting nervous about what's going on in Vietnam. The first American combat troops had landed in Vietnam.

Elliot Barlow continues coaching Adam: "And don't be embarrassed if your mom makes you feel jealous--she doesn't mean to, but sometimes she makes me feel jealous, too."

A little woman wards off two attackers. Adam thinks she might be a Barlow.