By the author of the widely admired novel, White Buffalo (published earlier by Birch Brook Press), Skinner's new novel is picaresque in scope, rich with drama, humour, insight, and is peopled by a lively cast of credible, often endearing characters whom Willie Graves, a mulatto boy, follows from whore houses to railroad boxcars to the homes of southern folk in search of security, redemption, understanding, and love.