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Turner Raines is Mr Heartbreak. Everybody leaves him. They walk out, they run away...they die. When his oldest friend, Mel Kissing, dies with an ice pick through his skull, Raines picks up the thread and sets out to ask 'who?' and 'why?'

But this is America in 1969, and one death is just a drop in the ocean. The Vietnam War is ripping the country to pieces, the Woodstock Festival is in full swing and Norman Mailer is standing as candidate for mayor of New York.

Against this backdrop, Raines’ questions take him back to the childhood home he left in Texas, back to the battered remains of his youth.

©2015 John Lawton (P)2015 Oakhill Publishing Coming of Age Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military World Literature Fiction Heartfelt Military Crime Suspense Mystery

Critic reviews

"A sprawling heartbreaker of a novel." (Literary Review)
"A terrific job...excellent at catching the mood of that hot summer of 1969 when the Vietnam War had divided families." (Observer)
"Sets the pulse racing and the jaded responses tingling." (Irish Times)
"Atmospheric...absorbingly intelligent." (Financial Times)
"More than enough verve and wit to ensure happy page-turning wakefulness." (The Sunday Times)
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The narration with accents brings the story to life
Hard to believe John Lawton isn't a native New Yorker

Listening again it's so good

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John Lawton is a truly great writer. A thought provoking story running through America, physically, politically and emotionally

A must read

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