Everybody wants to be T.T. Green.

He's charming, fearless, quick with a joke, and always one step ahead of trouble. College life suits him perfectly—a whirlwind of friends, women, parties, schemes, and adventures, with the Green Machine never far away.

T.T. has always had a talent for getting himself into trouble. He's even better at getting himself out.

But some things can't be talked, charmed, or bluffed away.

Tom Green built an empire. T.T. was born to inherit it.

Behind the privilege and expectations of the Green family lie secrets, old wounds, and a father determined to shape his son's future. As relationships fracture and the consequences of T.T.'s choices begin catching up with him, he must decide whether to become the man his father expects—or risk everything to discover who he really is.

And this is America in the 1970s. The war in Vietnam hangs over a generation of young men, and suddenly the carefree world T.T. thought would last forever is beginning to disappear.

Funny, irreverent, romantic, and ultimately moving, T.T. Green and the Green Machine is a sprawling coming-of-age story about friendship and loyalty, fathers and sons, love and betrayal, ambition and independence—and the painful, hilarious business of growing up.

Gerald R. Smith brings T.T.'s world to life with sharp dialogue, larger-than-life characters, and a distinctly American sense of humor.

Some legacies are inherited. Others have to be survived.