Father and Son

The third book in James T. Farrell\u2019s five-volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, Father and Son follows Danny O\u2019Neill through his struggle into young adulthood among the O\u2019Flaherty and O\u2019Neill families. Full of bewilderment and anxiety, Danny experiences high school, the death of his father, and his first full-time job at the Express Company that employed his father. Fraught with failed attempts to communicate with his father and peers, Danny is burdened by his family\u2019s constant economic and emotional demands.