Booth

by Timothy David Jones

"BOOTH is an effluence of genius, a compelling, beautifully crafted, poetical work of art. It is both disturbing and hilarious--often in the same sentence--and will challenge many of the conceits held secret by many Americans. I highly recommend this book."

--James N. Frey, novelist and internationally best-selling author of books on writing

"I just this minute finished BOOTH, and I am blown away. Throughout the story, I was mesmerized by the pictures this author painted and the feelings his words wrung out of me...like the emotional reactions I have to those measures in a piece of music that modulate to new keys... it (left) me both confounded and moved to tears...I will be thinking about this meaningful and significant story for a very long time."

--Kathleen P, verified purchaser

Wesley Booth is a troubled young veteran, seething in the repressive culture of central Louisiana in 1971. Wrong place, wrong time, wrong job, wrong season, the way he sees it. Who can blame him for having a little drink from time to time? His mother can, to be sure. And his creditors, and his bandmates, and...well, even the animals seem to have his number. Then there's the weather. And, of course, there's Howard.

Things take a turn when Booth meets two people. One is a genuine badass. The other is a girl. Booth senses a way out of his misery. Instead, he's sucked into a hell beyond his imagining.

Just as Booth takes a bold, perilous first step toward deliverance, he's tasked with an inescapable moral imperative, right in the path of his worst nightmare.

The question now is whether Booth can survive doing the right thing...

244 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 29, 2017

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just finished Booth. I am blown away. Throughout the story, I was mesmerized by the pictures this author painted and the feelings his words wrung out of me. Experiencing Booth's struggle to work his way through the little minefields of everyday life, his dealings with his mother and wounded brother, his attempts to justify his existence, his destructive coping skills, and his relentless drive to do the best he could, as he saw it, given his background, showed me the inner workings of a man who had - who was - so much more deep down. And that was ultimately what made the ending resonate with me SO deeply. I found that my first reaction was just like the emotional reactions I often have to those measures that modulate to new keys in a piece of music, or when experiencing art that creates feelings I cannot easily express verbally, or when witnessing a creative act that leaves me both confounded and moved to tears. And I say 'first reaction' because I will be thinking about this meaningful and significant story for a very long time.

[Timothy David · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this one...

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book that Jim read, not me.