Excuse Me While I Slip into Someone More Comfortable

“Eric Poole’s journey of self-delusion and self-discovery had me laughing one minute, crying the next, and rooting for him every second.” —George Takei In 1977, Eric Poole is a talented high school trumpet player with one working ear, the height-to-weight ratio of a hat rack, a series of annoyingly handsome bullies, and a mother irrationally devoted to Lemon Pledge. But who he wants to be is a star . . . ANY star. With equal parts imagination, flair, and delusion, Eric proceeds to emulate a seri