On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed.
A hugely powerful coming-of-age tale.