Execution, Texas: 1987

A young man in a small Texas town, suffers through a sweltering summer while dealing with his mother's mental breakdown, his own precognition dreams, a volatile relationship with his girlfriend, and Kent, a sophomore wrestler bent on seducing him

For Seeger King, graduating from high school and entering New York University is only one of the problems he faces. He is experiencing recurring visions of his father and stepmother in a car crash. His girlfriend, Cordelia, with whom he becomes a late-Eighties version of F. Scott and Zelda partying through the Dallas club scene, may not go with him to New York. He is lusting after Kent, who may or may not be gay, and his real New Age mother is sure Seeger's ESP abilities can help her?they do mushrooms and Mexico together. After publishing over 100 pieces in literary magazines, Scott, in his first novel, uses intriguing metaphors and an evocative style to integrate the coming-of-age dilemmas of Seeger with an Eighties freewheeling drugs-and-sex lifestyle. But his characters lack any real conflicts. Seeger accepts his bisexuality, his New Age mom, and his normal parents. Thus, the author provides little insight for readers. An optional purchase.?Joshua Cohen, Mid-Hudson Lib. System, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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