Border Crossings A Novel

Mexico: In 1974 Frantic With Family Tragedy Romantic Failure And A Lost Sense Of History John Flees The University Of Alabama His Dead Father Unfaithful Fiance And Fascination With His Confederate Ancestors And Steers His Mercury Capri South Toward This Country Where He Believes New Myths Can Be Created. In Mexico City He Encounters Tom His Ex-Hippie Artist Mentor; Angie A Hedonistic Child Of The Seventies Who Is Tom'S Lover And John'S Temptress; Mcnapp The Mafia'S Manager In Mexico Who Professes Knowledge Of President Kennedy'S Assassination; And A Host Of Burnt-Out Dying Of Age Characters From The Sixties. This South-Of-The-Border Mixture Of Violence Sex And Pathos Explodes Into The Violent Enigma That Is Mexico.