Pretty Black's Hole: A Novel

Pretty Black's Hole, a moral fable about the impact of family history on character development, begins in the Year of the Tadpoles, when Deakie Boy, descended from a long history of deformed family character—loose character folks in his words—has just turned thirteen. He declares himself different from the workers with whom he shares a migrant labor camp in Arizona, known affectionately as the Head. This difference gains him the favor of the Six Graces and their playmate, the Petty God of I...