"In the highland town of Blackden, things have gotten overheated despite the chill of winter. Inside the head of eighteen-year-old Paddy Hunter, an auctioneer's assistant, the blood is boiling. When his off-balance mother takes a trip out of town, Paddy spends a November weekend on his own, fueled by a potent mix of yankee doodle pie and beer. Racing around the hills and dens of his hometown, he is half in escape from worn-out friends, drudging work, and painful memories, and half in pursuit of a girl, his father's ghost, and a new life. This is a wickedly offbeat look at a Scottish Holden Caulfied."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved