A Bowl Full of Nails
9780989596046
276 pages
Harvard Square Editions
Overview
Fiery young Gus Bessemer vows to stop the war in Vietnam. His weapon of choice? Guerrilla street theater. But when a shotgun-wielding riot squad loads up with live ammo Gus' defiant art attack screeches to a halt.Nursing rage and confusion Gus heads for the Colorado Rockies to get his head together only to discover that”even surrounded by rugged mountain beauty”there's no escaping the war at home - or himself.