Rules for Old Men Waiting : A Novel

Retired to his home on Cape Cod, Robert MacIver, a Scottish former professor of history and rugby player who had commanded a destroyer in the British Navy during World War II, creates a list of rules by which he will live out his final days and come to terms with his memories, good and bad, of his life. A first novel. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.