Knuckleheads: A Comic Memoir of a Father, a Son and a Jamaican Jail

by Peter Carlson

"Knuckleheads" is a comic memoir of the author's misadventures in Jamaica in 1972. Arrested for possession of marijuana and jailed with two college friends, Carlson, then 19, faced 18 months at hard labor.

Hearing that news, his father— a cranky, funny and hot-headed blue collar worker— flew to Jamaica to rescue his errant son. Hijinks ensued and finally… .well, we don't want to spoil the ending of this hilarious story.

This is a son's warm comic tribute to his loving, cantankerous and very funny father.

210 pages, Paperback

Published July 20, 2023

About the author

Peter Carlson is the author of K Blows Top, which has been optioned for a feature film. For 22 years, he was a reporter and columnist for the Washington Post and is now a columnist at American History magazine. He has also written for Smithsonian, Life, People, Newsweek, The Nation, and The Huffington Post. He lives in Rockville, MD.