In 1967 Rob Hanks, a recent college grad, accepts a counselor position in an isolated work camp for serious delinquent offenders. Within a few days he is personally challenged like he had never been before, as there was little in college that had prepared him for direct, in-your-face, confrontation. Rob learns that he is replacing another guy who had been broken down both physically and mentally by thugs who truly enjoyed watching the man cry. Luckily he is partnered with Jack, a cross eyed, ex-paratrooper, who knows the ... Read More
In 1967 Rob Hanks, a recent college grad, accepts a counselor position in an isolated work camp for serious delinquent offenders. Within a few days he is personally challenged like he had never been before, as there was little in college that had prepared him for direct, in-your-face, confrontation. Rob learns that he is replacing another guy who had been broken down both physically and mentally by thugs who truly enjoyed watching the man cry. Luckily he is partnered with Jack, a cross eyed, ex-paratrooper, who knows the ropes. Together they wade into the circus, dealing with suicide, pheasants, sex, trout, violence and bears. As Rob struggles to find his footing, he takes a few missteps along the way which threaten his marriage and his traditional values. Read Less
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He drug me kicking and screaming down to an unpleasant place I didn?t really want to go. I have now seen more about delinquent boys than I really wanted to except for when I was nearly one myself. His amazing skill at putting you THERE is both enlightening and annoying but I guess that is what writers do, elicit emotion from their unsuspecting readers. Cook takes the reader to a delinquent boy?s camp. The same thing many kids my age were threatened with as boisterous youngsters. Now I go willingly because you can?t help but think that he (both the character and the writer) find something worthwhile in each rotten punk kid (my words not his) he works with.
As with his other books, he does break the tension with some laughs (if you call shooting your car funny) and what can only be described as a beautiful love affair. Although my favorite Bob Cook character, Eleanor, is missing, this is a great read. I hope he has another forming in his fertile mind.
