Down The Shore is an entertaining look
at the world of the rich, both the nouveau riche and the inherited
wealthy. I really liked the characters
even though they are almost all narcissistic to a fault and they all engage in
casual sex, drug use, bouts of drunkenness and poor life choices. After all, however, they are 18 years old and
is that not the time of life when engaging in those activities is expected of a
person?
Tom Alison is a scholarship student at
an expensive prep school back east and is busted for selling drugs. He chooses to spend a year in Scotland at St.
Andrews University, where Americans go to hide out and get a second
chance. In the process he becomes
friends with Clare Savage, the son of a financier who is on the run,
internationally, for absconding with funds and ruining the lives of investors. Clare’s dad is a wanted man.
In addition to the friends Tom makes
in Scotland, he spends time with his childhood friends on the Jersey
shore. They eventually join him in
Scotland for a short time and all his acquaintances intermingle, with
interesting results.
I really liked this book and would
recommend it. I was reminded of Nick Carraway
and his fascination with Gatsby and his lifestyle. Tom Alison, however, seems less needy
than Nick, and more capable of reading people.
I look forward to more books by Stan Parish.
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