The last school bell of nineteen seventy-six detonates across a small Texas town, and the afternoon heat shimmers off the asphalt. This is a world of thresholds. Randall “Pink” Floyd, the star quarterback, leans against a car hood, caught between conformity and rebellion. Mitch Kramer, a freshman, clutches his baseball cap, bracing for the hazing that awaits. And David Wooderson, a ghost of hig...
