Dexter, Pete. Train.

DEXTER, Pete. Train. Random House, Vintage. 280p. c2003.0-375-71409-X. $13.00. A

To quote KLIATT's January 2004 review of the Recorded Books audiobook: Much like the movie Fargo, Train manages to be dark and humorous at the same time. Lionel Walk, a.k.a. "Train," is a young black caddy at an exclusive Los Angeles golf club in the 1950s. The story is dark in the way Train and his fellow African American caddies are treated by club members. It is certainly dark in portraying the brutal rape of the wife of a club member by one of his co-workers. The humor comes in the penetrating "take" Train and his blind, ex-boxer friend have on the upper class white world. Train, a kind and intelligent youth, appears to only want a low-key life, tending the flora and fauna that surround the club. Unfortunately, trouble follows him like a stray dog ... Explicit violence and sexual content. (Editor's note: Dexter is the National Book Award-winning author of Paris Trout.) Nancy Chaplin, Libn., VCCW, Powhatan, VA

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