Burlap

Harold L. Love
[Bloomington, Ind.] : 1st Books Library, 2004.

ISBN: 0414067402

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Book description
The pages of Burlap are laced with sex, love, violence, and bravery. Young Burlap, forced to live with his aunt and uncle on the East Texas frontier fights to survive against his psychopathic uncle, deranged by a child molester when he was eight.
When he and his aunt Lil are beaten near to death and his dog, Brew, sliced viciously by Uncle Luke's knife, the three escape to a cave where Burlap and his aunt beseech their minds to forget their aberrant sexual encounter.
After Lil's death, Burlap loads his dog into a canoe and travels a river of adventure and danger. Like it or not, Burlap and Luke are destined to meet again.

About the author
Harold Love, Emeritus Professor of School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Faculty of Arts at Monash University, Melbourne.

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