Michael Puldy

Zack Be Nimble: a Novel Michael Puldy

Experience college. Meet Zack Young, a senior at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. Here's the story of a Florida native navigating through the madness of maintaining a social life while getting a degree in the Deep South. Taking place in the eighties, Zack surfs a wave of friends riding his way to parties, and crashing into classes that seem to just get in the way of having fun. Meet Susan Madison, a woman in love with another man. With some hubris and recklessness, Zack's relationship with Susan deepens, and ultimately he falls in love with a woman he can never have. As his life spins out of control, Zack seeks the answer to sort out his life, his love, and his future. And then there's Colleen Join Zack and his friends as they go to school, play all night in Myrtle Beach, party in the downtown bars, fly in lobsters from Maine, and attend the triumphant lose the deposit party. South Carolina was never so exciting.