Antietam Brown war zehn, als er seinen Pflegevater, der ihn missbraucht hatte, tötete. Nun, nach sieben Jahren in einer Besserungsanstalt - endlich frei für einen neuen Anfang - wird er geradewegs hineingezogen in das charismatische und gewalttätige Leben seines wirklichen Vaters: Tietam Brown. Ein ungemein kraftvolles und bewegendes Romandebüt.
Antietam (Andy) Brown - named for the great-great-grandfather who died on that Civil War battleground - was ten years old when he killed his abusive foster father. Now after seven years in reform school he is free to make a new start. But he is immediately thrust into the violent and debased life of his real father (known as Tietam) - an oddly charismatic man who seems addicted to bodybuilding beer-swilling and 'bareback riding'.
Swimming through a morass of crudity and violence Andy is stunned to find himself pursued by the high school homecoming queen - a born-again Christian. Obsessed with the idea of offering his girlfriend a pure love and driven to find out whether he's descended from a monster or a hero Andy searches for the truth in the dangerous currents of his father's past and present.
