Signals from a Lampless Beacon

<p> </p> <p align=left>A review of that novel Beasts of Burden begins: “Subtle moral conundrums stir this luminous saga of genteel Southern society in the mid-20th century” and ends: “An engrossing social tapestry filled with quiet spiritual dramas.”</p> <p style=text-align: right;>—Kirkus Reviews</p> <p>The “saga” which chronicles primarily three families two races and four generations was brought forward in the second novel Their Burdens Lifted published in 2010. It is completed with all narrative moral and philosophical strands brought together in the present book A Great City.<br /><br />Traywick has stated that he intends to publish no further novel. Whether this marks the end of his effort as a writer remains to be seen. He will certainly pursue his preferred pastimes: Carpentry plumbing electrical wiring masonry the study of Old English and painting (pictures not walls). Traywick lives with his wife of 45 years in the mountains of Western North Carolina in summer in winter in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. They have four children and at this time six grandchildren.</p>