Heroes

"Ray Robertson is an irrepressible voice, with brass balls and a heart of gold."--Jonathan Evison

Peter Bayle--heavy drinker, philosopher, scholar, anemic lover--is in Kansas, writing a feature on middle America's newfound love for hockey. There he meets a morphine-injecting reverend, a reviled reporter, and a drug salesman; obsessed by his self-destructive new friends, Bayle abandons the project and returns home to confront a future and a girlfriend he may no longer want.

Ray Robertson is th...