Light Man — Larry Strauss

Al's a veteran who survived a VC toe popper but can't seem to avoid the emotional landmines of a relationship with the only woman who's ever loved him. Mike's a spotlight operator who can repair your TV or toaster but can't fix his broken son. Together they forge a volatile friendship and slouch toward manhood and enlightenment, fighting their own obsolescence.
With "passion, authenticity, and insight" (David Evanier, Strauss's Now's the Time), along with wild humor and relentless humanity, Light Man captures the grim ironies of NYC, 1973, and shines as bright a bulb on all the lost souls currently careening toward self-destruction.