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The Thousand Hour Club

by George O’Har
4.5 stars – 26 Reviews
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
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Here’s the set-up:

America is at war in Viet Nam. Tom Betz drops out of college and is drifting about northern New Jersey, doing drugs, getting into trouble, when he receives his draft notice. Tom decides to enlist in the Air Force. Eventually, after spending some months in Texas, Tom finds himself at the Army Language School, in Monterey, California, where he is taught Arabic at the hands of an Iraqi ex-patriot. Tom is then sent to Winter Survival School. What happens to him after he finishes Survival School turns Tom into a latter day Huck Finn whose observations on life in uniform, and life in general, fuel this peripatetic, unpredictable and humorous road novel.

 About the Author:
The author lives in the Boston area and teaches at Boston College. He is an Air Force veteran and former electrical engineer, with a Ph.d. from M.I.T.
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Think “Huck Finn meets Kerouac meets Catch-22 against the backdrop of a 60s haze” and you might be ready for George O’Har’s humorous 5-star road novel THE THOUSAND HOUR CLUB

The Thousand Hour Club
by George O’Har

4.8 Stars – 16 Reviews – Just $6.99 on Kindle!

Isn’t it time you found out what’s behind 16 straight rave reviews on Kindle?

Captivating Read (Ruth Douillette, Amazon Review)

The Thousand Hour Club hits the ground fast and hard. Our intro to Tom Betz is when he witnesses the murder of his best friend Albert in a sleazy New York park. Experience and cowardice—or is it street smarts?—push Tom to run off. He tells no one what he saw, even when the body is discovered and Albert’s sister in her grief accuses him of murder. It’s not Tom’s finest hour, but it’s his wake-up call.

Tom is a college drop out with a dead-end Dairy Queen job and no sense of purpose. The hovering shadow of Albert’s murder consumes him waking and sleeping, filling him with such anxiety that when he gets his draft notice, it seems “like a get out of jail free card.” Viet Nam war be damned, he joins the Air Force. Tom is forced to mature as he maneuvers through basic training and gets his assignment, which eventually leads him to Greece…

This is Tom’s tale. He tells it with a self-deprecating wit and intelligence that belies his deceptive naiveté. And if Tom is one who takes life as it comes and adapts to it, rather than steering his own course, this works from him—as it does for most of us. He may not be a mover and a shaker, but he’s a survivor, and wiser in the end than even he realizes. O’Har creates a complex character in Betz. It would be nice to meet him again in a future book.

Thanks All Around (Sally, Amazon Review)

…special thanks to George O’Har who wrote what I already know will be prominently featured on my 10 Best of the Year list of books for 2011. I don’t know if O’Har himself lived all of Tom’s adventures or not, I suspect at least some of them are true-to-life, but either way I think there is a Tom Betz in the world right now and he did live this life and he’s still living it and I want to know more. I want to know what he did next.

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Think Huck Finn meets Kerouac meets Catch-22 against the backdrop of a 60s haze – George O’Har’s humorous 5 star road novel…

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Think “Huck Finn meets Kerouac meets Catch-22 against the backdrop of a 60s haze” – George O’Har’s humorous 5-star road novel The Thousand Hour Club is our Kindle eBook of the Day … and here’s a free sample!

Here’s the set-up for George O’Har’s 5-star road novel  The Thousand Hour Club:

Tom Betz drops out of college with war raging in Viet Nam and drifts about Jersey in a 60s haze until he receives his draft notice … and enlists.

Eventually, after spending some months in Texas, Tom finds himself at the Army Language School, in Monterey, California, where he is taught Arabic at the hands of an Iraqi ex-patriot. Tom is then sent to Winter Survival School. 

What happens to him after he finishes Survival School turns Tom into a latter day Huck Finn whose observations on life in and out of uniform fuel this highly rated and humorous debut.

From the reviewers:

The main character, Tom starts out typical of what history perceives this generation to have been. Until fate takes a hand. As a reader you get to share his journey towards his destination. Tom goes from a child with no true goal to a young man with a better idea of what life can give you so long as you listen. This book is a good read so I recommend that you do read it. When done perhaps you will learn as Tom did to listen. –Maryann Allen

Taking the Novel to Great Heights.  ….more than meets the eye. Protagonist and voice of the novel, Tommy Betz seems like an average guy, a young ne’er-do-well headed nowhere fast, but thanks to O’Har’s energetic prose style and the novel’s restrained ironic tone, the reader soon takes to him, and falls under the spell of what turns out to be a compelling and enchanting story of spiritual seeking, enlightenment, and redemption. Vivian Darkbloom

The narrative is skillfully crafted by O’Har, held together with a sharp sense of humor and dotted with true moments of transcendence. And, every so often, there’s a description that makes the reader pull back for a minute and just appreciate the image. Unpretentious and well-written, TTHC is a breath of fresh air for your Kindle. Highly recommended. –Foley In Korea

As a former Air Force linguist I was drawn also to the similarities and contrasts with my own experiences. What George has written was very accurate with regard to Tommy’s military adventures. And, also having been stationed in Greece, he made the country come back to life for me. Great job.–Bronze Sculptor


The author lives in the Boston area and teaches at Boston College. He is an Air Force veteran and former electrical engineer, with a Ph.d. from M.I.T. 

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