The Naive Guys

A Memoir of Friendship, Love and Tech in the Early 1990s

by Harry Patz, Jr.

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Pub Date Aug 29 2014 | Archive Date Feb 26 2015

Alophie Press, imprint of Gondolin Advisors LLC | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

General Fiction (Adult)

Description

Against the historical backdrop of New York City in the early 1990s, The Naive Guys: A Memoir of Friendship, Love and Tech in the Early 1990s is a hysterical yet poignant coming-of-age novel. Mark Amici embarks on a challenging journey through the postcollege world, where he struggles to emerge from his sheltered upbringing to a life of sex, love, friendship, and career success.

Fighting through the bad economy of 1991, Mark takes an entry-level sales role at a growing tech company, Fishsoft, at the dawn of the Internet Age.

Living at home with his gruff uncle, mother, and older sister, Mark pursues his aspirations with a trio of wingmen, Pete, Sally, and Kostas. His quixotic search for love, his desire to truly understand his family, and his pitfalls through corporate machinations all provide a humorous glimpse during an uneven period of life transition.

Interwoven with key moments of the times, including the Bill Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani electoral victories, the first World Trade Center bombing, OJ Simpson, and New York’s NBA Knicks and NHL Rangers simultaneously in their respective finals, The Naive Guys tells the story of one man’s journey to uncover and fully understand his identity.

Against the historical backdrop of New York City in the early 1990s, The Naive Guys: A Memoir of Friendship, Love and Tech in the Early 1990s is a hysterical yet poignant coming-of-age novel. Mark...

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Available in the following formats: softcover, $18.99, 978-0-9905393-1-5; eBook, $9.99, 978-0-9905393-0-8.

Advance Praise

"You won't just want to read 'Naive Guys,' you'll want to hang out with them, you'll want to call your friends afterward and talk about all the times together that made all of you who you are today. The only bad part of this superb book is when you realize the pages are running small and time is running short. A terrific read."

- Mike Vaccaro, Sports Columnist, New York Post, and author of Emperors and Idiots: The Hundred Year Rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse and of 1941: The Greatest Year in Sports.

"The NYC Tech Scene in the 1990s was an amazing time, when the culture, the people, and the city itself were moving into a new phase. Harry Patz weaves an excellent tale about those times, and you can tell that he also lived them."

- Chris Fralic, Partner at First Round Capital