Overdrawn

About the Book

Errett Brackney has it all. He is a talented and successful mid-century modern architect who trained with the elite at Yale University when it was at the forefront of the modern movement. But he has a dark side. Frustrated by being relegated to a secondary role in the design of a major bank building, a commission he had diligently sought, Errett, with the aid of several martinis, realizes that with his unique access, creativity and audacity, he can commit the perfect crime. He can steal over $2 million and no one would ever realize there had been a theft. At first an intriguing fantasy, the scheme becomes an obsession and then a reality.

Set in the 1960's in the South, the book provides insights into the philosophy of mid-century modern design as well as an intimate portrait of a small architectural office where creating drawings by hand was an integral part of the design process.

About the Author

Robinson Neil Bass was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1928. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1949 and from the Yale University Department of Architecture in 1953 where he studied under Eugene Nalle, Vincent Scully, Buckminster Fuller, and Louis Kahn among others. After serving three years on active duty in the United States Naval Reserve and three years as an apprentice at a Memphis architectural firm, he opened his own office in Nashville in 1960. He practiced architecture there for over thirty years working on residential, institutional and commercial projects. In the mid-sixties he was in the vanguard of the effort to revitalize and preserve historic buildings but at the same time never wavered from his devotion to the principles of contemporary architecture. During his career he received several national design awards. He resides in Nashville with his wife, Clara. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.