One of the author's ten top squirrels in literature, as shared at the Guardian:This Boy’s Life by Tobias WolffRead about the other entries on the list.
A squirrel who is an innocent bystander serves as a scapegoat. In this classic memoir, young Mr Wolff (Jack) has obtained a rifle, and, in the lonely hours after school, pretends to assassinate hapless neighbours from his window. Angry that the fools are failing to recognise the danger they’re in, he instead shoots a squirrel off the telephone wire. Later, concealing from his tender mother that he is the killer (“Poor little thing,” she says), Jack identifies with his victim in helpless sobs.
This Boy’s Life is among Tom Perrotta's ten favorite books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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