Jones unbound

"Funny, moving, Fourth-of-July firecracker of a first novel about a bigger-than-life modern folk-hero. Fielding Jones is a huge bear of a man with vices and virtues to match, and both the vices and virtues invariably get him into trouble. Jones, an English professor at a Mid-Western college, becomes unbound at the age of 49 when his wife, Sarah, drops dead in the kitchen. His Declaration of Independence as he strikes out for a final extraordinary fling at life: "I'll pitch my tent atop a respectable foothill and piddle in mountain streams. Contaminating water supplies and spreading disease. And good cheer too. And the something I've picked at the edges of all my life, I'll grab and devour whole. Gizzard and all." What happens when this outlandish figure is set loose upon the world? Among other things, Jones becomes entangled with a couple of raffish heroin dealers. He also spends some time in a commune, attempting to reestablish a relationship with his hippy stepson, Charles. He even tramps off into the wilderness in order to get back to nature. Find out and more with Jones Unbound!" --From the dust jacket of Jones Unbound