Demise : Warriors Publishing Group : 9781944353339 : 194435333X : 08 Sep 2020 : "This is the story of two young men, one white, one black, who grew up in the 1960s, who were best friends-their high school's Salt 'n' Pepper running backs. One went to Vietnam, the other avoided the draft. Their world begins to disintegrate when a freak accident disrupts the peaceful Connecticut suburb where he lives. As a successful 50-year-old ad executive, he loathes his job and finds himself increasingly estranged from his family and community. Careers, families, and tragedies revolve about decisions both boys made more than three decades earlier. Del Vecchio has created a beautiful, penetrating novel of a man struggling with his demons, a town struggling with tragedy, and a family struggling to stay together"--