Bonney's Place

Leon Hale, longtime columnist in various
Houston newspapers, can sure tell a story.
John, our main character, seeks out Bonney
(who is, despite what you'd expect, male).
Bonney has swindled John's elderly father
out of fifteen thousand dollars and has used
the money to buy himself a pool hall. John
plans to get Bonney to own up to his crime
and to pay the money back. At least, that
is John's intention....

Bonney and the other characters are
nicely drawn and very compelling to
this fellow Texan. I'm very glad
I finally got around to reading this book.