検索キーワード： "John Scott" ユーモア・風刺文学・フィクション

After years of alcoholism, 40-year-old Jack Rollins is discovered passed out at Stony Mountain Park by the old friends Alonzo and Alonzo's Uncle Lewis. Alonzo and Lewis are Park Rangers. After helping Jack detox, Alonzo, and Lewis get him a job as well. Before Jack even puts on his Ranger uniform, Alonzo and Lewis take him deep into the woods to a log cabin, where Jack is introduced to a 600-lb talking black bear named Raymond.

These are the stories of three boys living in Texas: one growing up, one dreaming, and one fighting to stay alive in the face of destitution and adversity. There's second-grader William, a shy yet imaginative boy who schemes about how to get back at his school-yard bully, Randy. Then there's Sam, a 15-year-old boy who dreams of getting a 1980 Mazda RX-7 for his 16th birthday but has to work at a Greek restaurant to fund his dream. Finally, there's Seff, a 21-year-old on the brink of manhood, trying to survive along with his roommate, working as waiters and barely making ends meet.