The author, Barry Veret, grew up in Nebraska
and went to college and law school on the
east coast. He spent most of his career in
the fi eld of international development and
has tr...view moreThe author, Barry Veret, grew up in Nebraska
and went to college and law school on the
east coast. He spent most of his career in
the fi eld of international development and
has traveled abroad extensively. Parallel
Tracks is a fi rst novel and is set in the era of
the tumultuous late 1960s when the author
lived and worked in Lagos Nigeria and
Washington D.C. Barry Veret is now retired and lives with
his wife in Chevy Chase Maryland.view less