In this, William Gay’s last posthumous novel, we have his homage to Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Marion Yates, a teenage orphan, is befriended by Black Crowe. Yates in turn nurses Crowe through a work explosion and the two form a seemingly lasting friendship. First love, racism, and betrayal—these are all topped with Gay’s signature wry humor in his signature Tennessee fictional setting of the Hurrikan. Gay again proves himself a master of prose.