This was my second time through reading this book which I was first introduced to in the mid nineties. For years I have suspected that [a:Gordon Lish|232097|Gordon Lish|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1267719924p2/232097.jpg] wrote this even though he has denied doing so, in writing, to me. But still my queries go on as to why I think he was involved in some way with the publication of this book. My questions and review form the basis for my next book that I have been working on since the beginning of this summer of 2014. Of note concerning this novel is the force involved by the confused, young child Freddy, in his unrelenting, frightfully insane plea for an environment resembling familial comfort and normalcy in a Gulf Coast setting with little hope for any favorable results. Updates regarding the progress of my writing project are likely to be forthcoming.