Whiskers on Pine: A Novel / by

From the flatlands of Southeast Georgia in the 1950s comes this engaging tale of a boy’s journey into manhood. Stunned by the rejection of his sweetheart, he embarks on a journey of imaginary violence against those who have wronged him. As it escalates beyond his control, he must learn to trust that the universe is indeed unfolding as it should.

In a time of innocence and cropping tobacco, before Birmingham, before the Freedom Rides, and before the Viet Nam war, when Elvis and Pat Boone ruled the airwaves, Buddy Barnes dances the Blue Jay in his efforts to become a man.

In a quiet and grand way, Larry Hand has penned a universal metaphor for life, and taken the reader for a quiet look back down the road from whence we all came.