Before the advent of the Internet, men looking to make sexual contact with other men would cruise rest stops, shopping malls, and parks. There they often left messages on the walls of restrooms hoping to meet someone of like interest.
Alan Daniels, a young Vietnam veteran, has recently been questioning his sexuality. He takes a chance and writes a note in the john of his local municipal park.
Handsome, sensual Tom Clarkson, a college student going to school mainly to avoid the draft, is intrigued by a new message he finds in the park bathroom.
Is Tom destined to spend another night indulging in meaningless sex, or could the note lead to something more? Only one way to find out ...
Since retiring, Terry spends his time writing, working with animal rescue groups, walking his three dogs, pumping iron while listening to Harry Potter audio books and riding/showing his champion Quarter Horse.
His interest in Native American culture stems from the fact that in tracing his heritage, he found his great grandfather was an Illini.
This book was ok, but the passive writing style didn't work for me. Everything felt a bit muted -I wanted the public sex to be sleazier, the love to be more intense, the fear/shame to be stronger.
I also felt disappointed with the setting - if I read a story about a different era I want to feel like I've been transported back in time - if it wasn't for the mention of the Vietnam war, I might have found myself wondering why they didn't go looking for sex on the internet like any normal person!
That said, I liked the story enough to finish it (I have the attention span of a gnat, so believe me, the author must have done something right!) - the characters were likeable enough, I just really wished the vibrancy setting had been turned up a few notches.