Ray Charles

Lance: a Child's Garden of Evil Ray Charles

Charles Ray's novel LANCE; A CHILD'S GARDEN OF EVIL depicts the predicament of a gifted contemporary boy who falls victim to the evil forces that have influenced western civilization since its paganistic beginnings. As in his earlier novel THE TARHEEL CONNECTION and the poems in ARROWHEAD PIECES Charles Ray borrows extensively from history and myth to create his original interpretation of the modern world.