Born on the Bayou

In the tradition of the modern classics The Tender Bar and The Liars’ Club , Blaine Lourd writes a powerful Gothic memoir set in the bayous and oil towns of 1970s Louisiana. In this rags-to-riches memoir of finding your way and becoming a man, Blaine Lourd renders his childhood in rural Louisiana­ with his larger-than-life father, Harvey “Puffer” Lourd, Jr., a charismatic salesman during the exploding 1980s awl bidness . From cleaning a duck to drinking a beer, Puffer guides Blaine through the t