New York: Walker, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Black author's first book, a study of the damage done by an uncaring mother to her young son, with settings ranging from Maine, to Harlem, to Brown University (which Beckham attended). The New York Times commented "If Barry Beckham's second book is as brilliant as the second half of his first, he may well become one of the best American novelists of the decade." (his second novel was 'Runner Mack' which was nominated for the National Book Award.) 214 pp.