This Rough Beast

Otis Otterbach attempts to make a life after baseball and after his best and most trusted friend disappears, perhaps on the run after committing murder The story follows the hopes and turmoil of the 1960s including: the Vietnam war through the eyes of an infantry soldier, a helicopter pilot, and a deserter; the anti-war protests; the folk music coffee house scene; and the Manson family from the point of view of Charlie's girl whose testimony assured his murder conviction.. "When you think that you've lost everything, you find out you can always lose a little more." Bob Dylan