The altar of the body

George McLeod's easy life turns into chaos when his body-builder cousin, Buck Root, returns to Minnesota with his sexy girlfriend, Joy, and her mother, Livia, whose sense of reality blurs into the pages of a western novel.

For the first time, George understands the rage to live life to its fullest-the rage that has consumed Joy, Buck Root, and Livia.

With tragicomic grandeur, Duff Brenna weaves the story of four people who come together in a cataclysmic moment of truth that tests their compassion and capacity to love.