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William M Grigg
Author, Contributor, Editor (anthology)
Away
A 14-year-old boy who regards himself as the dumb member of a family of business and political achievers runs from home in a stolen run-about, fakes his own death and thinks he's clear. But a Manson-type gang seizes him and so begin a series of bizarre experiences. He escapes again, accidentally killing the gang leader. Eventually he finds joy working on a square-sailed duplicate of a Coast Guard pursuit ship now carrying vacationers. When he saves the life of a fellow crew member, the publicity leads to his father and two detectives returning him home, where he plots to seem angry enough and violent enough that he will be allowed to return. In the climax, he faces off with his father, holding him with a loaded shotgun..
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