Name The Baby - Softcover

A first novel of extroadinary intensity which tells the story of a 21-year-old's three day odyssey of self-searching. After the shocking suicide of his girlfriend, a young man struggles to figure out the mysteries of life and love. Fuelled by whiskey and his own internal demons, he goes to a low-life blues bar where a bouncer ejects him, and then on to a club where he dances with a beautiful girl named Goldheart. Burdened with guilt, sadness and rage, he returns to his family in New Jersey where he is forced to face uncomfortable truths about his relationships with them and his past.

Mark Cirino is an author and academic. He teaches American literature at the University of Evansville.