Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller

This is the story of Willy Loman, a salesman whose main fault seems to be a lack of prudence, the virtue of always remaining firmly anchored to reality.  Willy likes to think of himself as a very successful, popular salesman with a wealth of contacts in the Northeastern territory with a devoted wife and two grown sons on track to become as successful as himself.  In real life, his boss is trying to get him to retire, and his wife and sons are very careful not to say or let him know anything that might spoil his illusion since they found evidence pointing towards a suicide attempt on his part.  His elder son hasn't accomplished much of anything after being a star football player in high school and has lost several jobs because of theft, while his younger son is a womanizer who hasn't done much else either.

 I would probably enjoy this more if I saw a performance rather than just reading it.  It did get a bit dull at times, although the premise is interesting.