Doctor Syntax Author:Michael Petracca Harmon Nails III is a wary observer of the human condition, a cynical divorcee, a reluctant literary student, an energetic and sometimes reckless sportsman. Harmon inherits a rare book--Doctor Syntax by name--which is stolen in a brutal holdup, along with some notes that are key to his Ph.D thesis. To retrieve his heirloom and finish his disse... more »rtation, Harmon must turn from a bogged-down academic into a hard-driving, if sometimes misguided, detective.
In the course of his wildly improbable pursuites, Harmon Nails delights readers with his satirical comments on academia, the Southern California lifestyle, and the rigors of finding one's identity, sexual and otherwise...all while concealing his adventures from his overprotective mother. As Harmon puts it, "A slow death by nagging: My mother would kill me if she knew I was dogging Doctor Syntax."« less