Cowboy

At the start of Bob Holt’s debut novel, Cowboy, it seems easy to know right from wrong. But in the throes of the 1960’s counterculture, as Jim Davis prepares to return to his rural Southwestern home after serving in the army, everything is about to change.

Life in his home town had been simple—chores, school, Wednesday night prayer meetings, Friday night football games, and Sunday morning church services—with clear guidance from pastors, parents, teachers, and coaches. But when young vetera...