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...He’s a little monosyllabic,” Dan says doubtfully. “I hope I didn’t inspire...
Best-selling author William Martin ’72’s latest novel is called Harvard Yard, and his research was first-rate —he was writing about Harvard just as son Dan F. Martin ’04 was living through...
With Harvard Yard, Martin’s work has taken a more personal turn, using his reflections on Harvard and his son’s current experiences. A couple of years ago, father and son started thinking seriously about Harvard; Dan was filling out his college application as William was researching a setting for his next novel. Ultimately, both decided on Harvard. “It was the seed of learning that created a generation that, in the Northeast, created the American Revolution,” says Martin. “Really, what location is more legendary...
...Dan also might have inspired the character of Jimmy Fallon, Peter’s teenage son, who is applying to Harvard as his father scours the campus for the old Shakespeare quarto. By the book’s epilogue, Jimmy Fallon is a freshman in Hollis—Dan Martin’s former dorm...
Much of that may have to do with Dan, who frequently took his Dad to classes and to meals at Lowell Dining Hall while the novel was in progress. The younger Martin also took pictures of the Yard to aid artist Wendell Miner in creating the cover design...