Drummer Boy - Scott Nicholson

 

 

On the surface, Drummer Boy is simply an excellent regional ghost story, atmospheric, well told and with that trademark Nicholson humor. What it turns out to be is something so much more. About the deserters and the deserted, the lost souls on both sides of the veil, just going through the motions until the music finally stops. About the burden of being an outcast.....and the horrible toll of belonging. One of the author's best.
Highly recommended.