Love was in the air. Life was free of care. The future was bright. The 1960's should have been the beginning of 'Pax Americanus'¦ 200 years of 'The American Peace'. It wasn't.
'Man In Debt' is a novella-length piece in fourteen chapters. Largely in correspondence form, it concerns a battle involving a wily borrower, his lender and their two firms of lawyers. The principals move from hostility to quasi-friendliness. Their legal representatives go the opposite way, with farcical results.
In 1962 the world was a very different place. Things were changing and old methods of teaching no longer worked. For teachers like David Thomas the adjustment was difficult, especially when confronted with a pupil like Kevin Hodges.
