2012/01: Second Line -- Poppy Z Brite

Second Line -- Poppy Z Brite

...Rickey wondered if he would ever do anything as well a Bobby Hebert had thrown that eighty-four-yard bomb. He must have been put on earth to do something; certainly he had never felt purposeless. But what was his purpose? What talent lay buried in him that he didn't know about yet? Because he was not a reflective person by nature, this line of thought made him vaguely uneasy. He wished the talent would hurry up and show itself. (p. 192)

( non-spoilery review )