Watching Over Wilbur

<i>Watching over Wilbur</i> by author Jack Henderson tells the powerful story of two small-town American boys one a feisty Irishman Keating O'Neil and the other an African American Wilbur Washington. They find their separate life paths joined on the battlefields of Vietnam in a surreal karmic dance that leads them each through temptation addiction greed romance and the vicissitudes of war. Both young soldiers are faced with life-and-death choices while friends and relatives anguish as the news of their struggles reach them stateside. <i>Watching over Wilbur</i> explores wartime issues that are as relevant today as they were forty years ago.<p> Written in masterful dramatic prose Henderson has composed a novel that speaks to the challenges of social injustice and the life-changing experiences of war and its aftermath. This is a work of rare remarkable power and grace that will not soon be forgotten and is a must-read for anyone who loves a great story well told.