Author Description

When the author Tom Meyer''''''''''''''''s Congresswoman ran Vice President, she introduced herself as "the Representative from Archie Bunker Country." Geraldine Ferarro referred to the character on the top TV show, "All in the Family." Archie was an amusing dim-witted bigot, played by Carol O''''Connor. Like Tom Meyer, he was raised in Elmhurst Queens and graduated Newtown High School where everyone in the Meyer family attended. Fast Finish is the story of the author''''''''s journey from a lazy, laid back kid to a motivated college bound student. Along the way he was a New York City Champ in volleyball, "winner" of the high school talent show and other hollow achievements. Subjects include: "Who''''''''s Dick Hertz?" Racial conflict Dr. Demented Sex and the leaky Chevy Neighborhood Nazi Liquor store delivery boy! "You are an extremely dangerous driver" Heart attack Million dollar backyard Fall of NYC Prom at the Plaza Being Hitler The poem that inspirited my career. Includes "Changing Partners," a fictional supplement about midlife marital mayhem. Baby Boomers and their families will treasure this humorous, nostalgic heirloom. Written for the author''s grown grandkids, this "warts and all" memoir points out the triumphs, tragedies, pleasures and pain of high school. His message: Learn from my experiences, positive and negative.