Ron Hutchinson, a Missouri author has used his years
as a high school student in Japan as the inspiration for a young-adult
coming-of-age novel titled Voices
of the Locusts.
About Voices of the Locusts
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| Voices of the Locusts |
From his deathbed, 81-year-old Jack O’Brien reveals
to his grandson the existence of a long-forgotten story he wrote as a teenager
years earlier while living in Japan. The 16-year-old grandson finds the story
in an old footlocker in his grandfather’s attic, and spends days pouring over
the real-life account. Set at a U.S. military base in rural Japan in 1948, and
playing out against a backdrop of swirling post-War social change, Jack’s Voices of the Locusts tells the story of three
families—one black, one white, one Asian. The story also recounts Jack’s love
for a Japanese girl, Fujiko Kobaysi, who has been promised in marriage by her
parents to an older man. Told in vivid
and sometimes haunting detail, Jack and Fujiko are frustrated in their romantic
quest by story characters coming to terms (often violently) with the emotional
scars of World War II. (The content of this novel depicts violence, and is
recommended for mature young adults.)
About Ron Hutchison
Ron Hutchison is a best-selling American author with
four multi-genre novels to his credit. After graduating from the University of
Missouri, Hutchison began a long career in journalism, public relations and
later operated his own public relations agency. His choice of novels is
determined not by genre, but by the weight of the story.
Hutchison has worked as a reporter, editor, and
columnist for newspapers in Texas, California and Missouri. A Fortune 100
company employed him as a public relations executive. Currently, Hutchison
makes his home in Joplin, Missouri.
Join Ron Hutchison on his upcoming Virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book in January 2013.
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