In John Guernsey’s novel he takes us back to the sixties
through his main character, Austin Cowley. To bittersweet experiences set
against the backdrop of D,C. jazz clubs, underaged drinking, acne, interracial
love, Ocean City, Assateague Island, and an upbringing of class, privilege and
liberal ideals. The story begins on a wintry night at Chevy Chase Circle in
1964 and continues on an emotionally bumpy and spiritual ride in and out of the
fantastic and the real to the point where we are not sure which is which.
Through it all, we experience universal truths of adolescence with mystical
twists and turns and are finally left hanging, wanting more.
- Lynn Scheider
