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Rummies

Rummies is a 1989 novel by American author Peter Benchley. It features an ensemble cast of characters who meet and interact at a drug rehabilitation clinic. The main character, the "WASP-ish" Scott Preston, has a debilitating alcohol addiction, and sees his wife and boss stage an intervention, sending him to a clinic in New Mexico. It has been likened to Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Rummies
AuthorPeter Benchley
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Published1989
PublisherRandom House
Publication placeUSA
Pages340
ISBN0449219453

Rummies is a 1989 novel by American author Peter Benchley. It features an ensemble cast of characters who meet and interact at a drug rehabilitation clinic. The main character, the "WASP-ish" Scott Preston, has a debilitating alcohol addiction, and sees his wife and boss stage an intervention, sending him to a clinic in New Mexico. It has been likened to Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.1234

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References

  1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/509751.Rummies?from_search=true Goodreads
  2. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-394-57667-1 PW
  3. Wallach, A.t. (December 17, 1989). "Escape from rehab". New York Times Book Review: 21.
  4. Rawlinson, Nora (June 1, 1989). "Rummies (Book)". Library Journal. 114 (10): 90–90.