In the Wake of the Boatman: X

By Jonathon Scott Fuqua

Book Overview

"Puttnam Douglas Steward isn't having an identity crisishe is one. To his father Carl, hes a disappointment, and has been since the day he came home from the hospital. To his mother, hes ""Mamas Boy,"" and will forever be nothing less and nothing more.The Army thinks hes a hero, having single-handedly saved his troops from an ambush when they stumble upon a major, unknown supply line in Vietnam, then exposing a major Soviet espionage ring in the U.S.Only Milton, Putts college friend and environmental activist, and Putts sister Mary see that something is deeply confused about Puttnam Steward. Yet neither of them knows that the only time Putt ever truly feels happy is when he wears a womans clothes and becomes, for a brief, fleeting moment, someone else. And they don't know how much that disgusts him.In the Wake of the Boatman is a brilliant drama, stirringly and sensitively told, about the elusiveness of identity. Another important novel from one of Americas most praised and accomplished novelists, its a masterpiece that won't soon be forgotten."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890862428
• ISBN13: 9781890862428
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Bancroft Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up