<p>Living in the herd mentality of 1957 not only are Breed and his friends treated like the scum of the earth a child molesting psychopath wants to cut their ears off.&nbsp;If they do nothing they will be imprisoned in Traptown's drudgery and live in fear for the rest of their lives.&nbsp;Retaining humor and a vitality otherwise lacking in their slum neighborhood they build a junk boat go hurling into the night and land in the paradise of Shell Island.&nbsp;Here these loveable characters want to close the bridge to the cyclical sameness of violence and stampede into a new future but river gangs crooked cops and sickos who use puppies for baseballs block their way.</p><p><br></p><p>Using a smorgasbord of characters and the vernacular of the times Myers creates absolute reality and serves us a slice of humor-sprinkled American history never presented before.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yeah that's how it was!... Based upon the early lives of deprived adolescents caught in an environment riddled with child molesters - that will cut their ears off - river polluters crooked cops and road hugging cars full of cigarette smoking beer can sucking gangs of degenerate rebellious youths these undesirable foul-mouthed but loveable Traptown kids are constantly beat down.&nbsp;Single handedly they pop back up fool their adversaries and find out physical strength doesn't last; and mental strength lasts forever.&nbsp;And it pays.</p><p><br></p><p>A welcome change I'm Gonna Cut Your Ears Off combines horror mainstream action adventure historical fiction and young adult genres into a most unforgettable novel that reminds us of many things we have taken for granted. - Slack Waters Improvisational Collective.</p><p> </p>