In an intricately linked series of poetic, short tales set in a 1983 suburb, Greg Bottoms portrays his life as one of two at-risk' boys as they attempt to learn how to be - and what it means to be - men. In a pared-down, highly readable style that brings to mind the work of Raymond Carver, Sherman Alexie and Denis Johnson, Bottoms has created a work of literature that shows how even the most accepted forms of 'toughness' can have a damaging, disorienting and finally dehumanising effect on everyone, especially kids.'
