he and others search the countryside for his father, the book traces the topography of loss. A World War II veteran, his father embodies the temerity of that generation — men who sacrificed immensely, suffered as many veterans, silently, with recurrent nightmares; men who, despite their internal angst, remained steadfast and dedicated to their families. Since the central quest in this book is epic — finding his father — it has a strong narrative thrust. The initial poems, both haunting and tender, about his loss, about disappearances, and about attempts to reclaim the lives lost, draw you into his quest.

But he uses the loss to reclaim his memories of his father and of other men, uncles and relatives, whose lives were irreparably transformed by the war.

From the "Cafe Review" Bruce Spang http://www.thecafereview.com/reviews4.html