JUNIOR written by Ray Donley is a different kind of book
like none I have read
before. It is written like a journal of a convict on the
run. I found it very
comical at times knowing that no one on the run is going
to be taking risks that
he did in the book. However, at first it did have me
confused. Is this fiction or a
true story told in the daily life of Joshua Jennings Jr.?
Of course, this is fiction.
Joshua, also known as Junior, and his friend Pete are on
the run for blowing
up the President, Vice President, and his father. He hears
about it over a radio
station as they are running an errand for his father. This
book is his journal of
their day-by-day experience while on the run. While
claiming his innocence, they
meet interesting people and some who feel that there is no
way he could be
responsible for all of this.
Then Junior's father sends a message through Pete's email
account stating
that if Junior is hearing this message then he knows that
his father is dead. His
father planned this and now it leaves Junior and Pete
confused at what his
father's plan is. While on the run, the boys travel
throughout the country meeting
many who show and give their support. Some are even
helping them out by
supplying them with things that they will need on the way.
JUNIOR is a very different type of book. It makes you
wonder about the mind
of a person who is really on the run from the FBI.
However, do not take it
realistically, it is fiction. Ray Donley wrote JUNIOR very
well, so much so that I
had to keep telling myself that. If you are looking for a
book that has humor in it
from the beginning to the end then this book fits the
bill. I would say JUNIOR is a very interesting and easy
read.
Thirty-year-old Joshua Jennings Jr. is the last living member of his family and the primary suspect in a terrorist bombing that killed the president, the vice president, and his own father. To make matters worse, Joshua discovers that his father planned the explosion and set up Joshua to take the blame. Overnight, the media transforms Joshua into a celebrity criminal. He rockets to first place in the Criminal Fantasy League standings. Feature films and bestsellers explore his motives for blowing up the president. A television personality proclaims Joshua's innocence so she can market "Let Him Be" T-shirts. the Baptist News Channel announces that Joshua is the Antichrist, and that the end of the world is near. Junior is Joshua's journal. It chronicles his three years as a fugitive on the run from law enforcement and vigilantes while he tries to figure out how he fits into his father's plan. When Joshua mysteriously disappears, the journal is discovered and becomes a worldwide bestseller, described by scholars and literary critics as "a classic study of the human condition."
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