The Gar Diaries, in an almost surreal way, deals with the problems of growing up working class in South Louisiana toward the end of the 20th century. The main character, Lucas Jeanfreaux, has no illusion about his troubled life along these bayous of Louisiana. Born into a troubled, working class existence at the very end of the Vietnam war, Lucas understands only three things at a very early age: there was a war and now its over, there is something dark about his life, and, somehow he is not like other people. With extraordinary honesty, The Gar Diaries will appeal to your most sensate side and your most brutal side. Lucas Jeanfreaux will carry you through the beauty and horror of his world and his fight for inner redemption.