Orion Books - $34.99
From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke -
an atmospheric, coming-of-age story set in 1952 Texas, as the Korean War rages.
On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect:
drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their
sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has
begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against
this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and
a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and
gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend, Grady Harrelson, at a
Galveston drive-in, he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of
the richest families in Texas. He also discovers he must find the courage his
father had found as an American soldier in the Great War.
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