A young man's quest for manhood in 1950s Texas. He is the scion of an oil family. Failing to achieve manhood with his fists, he tries love, stealing a football player's girlfriend. Subsequently he takes to the wilderness to eat fish raw, but the quest ends badly.
Set in north Texas, and the Southwest in general, this coming-of-age novel pits a protagonist with a traditional, rural background, against the ""sophistication"" of Dallas in the late 1960s. The title character, Trotter, falls for a woman about to be married, and must deal with…
Set in north Texas, and the Southwest in general, this coming-of-age novel pits a protagonist with a traditional, rural background, against the ""sophistication"" of Dallas in the late 1960s. The title character, Trotter, falls for a woman about to be married, and must deal with…