"This starts with the happiest I ever was, though it brought down suffering on everybody near me. Short as it lasted and long ago, I've never laid it all out yet, not start to finish. But if I try and half succeed, you may wind up understanding things, choosing a better road...
A powerful novel that magically combines symbolism, lyrical poetry and astonishing insight into the human soul. CHICAGO SUN-TIMESBluford Blue Calhoun has been a drunk and unhappy. But he's survived it all with the help of his wife and teenaged daughter. And just when he thought...