The harder they come

By T. Coraghessan Boyle

Subjects: Family life, Fathers and sons, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fathers and sons, Veterans, Veterans, fiction, California, fiction, Mental illness

Description: Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people -- an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover -- as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.