A Life: Phase One and 28 Short Stories by Martin Green

http://www.amazon.com/Life-Phase-Novelette-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B00C94UI8E

What does a young man in the 1950's want in life?  This young man returns from the Army (Korea) to New York City with the goals of getting a job, getting a girl and having his own place to live.   Sounds simple, but that's not the way it turns out to be.  Follow the (mis)adventures of Danny Stein as he strives to find his place in life, first in the Big Apple and then, in a transcontinental jump, San Francisco.