“The Furax Connection,” a novel written by retired Brentwood attorney and former military journalist, Steve Kanne, tells the remarkable and moving story of Harvard honors graduate Billy Rosen who volunteers for the draft just prior to the outbreak of the Korean War and quickly discovers that the military is a close-knit family of good and decent people who unselfishly care for their own.
Furax has been endorsed by a number of former military officers, including two retired generals; and by the prestigious Garand Collectors Association, a 14,000-member worldwide organization. It will soon be sold at VA healthcare centers throughout the country and in PXs in the Midwest. Noted reviewer Alan Caruba, a charter member of the National Book Critics Circle, selected Furax as one of the best in new fiction and nonfiction for November 2009; Midwest Book Review described it as “an intriguing story not to be missed†; and the Korean War Project Bookstore recently added it to its list of suggested reading on the Korean War era. Although on its face Furax appears to be a story of the military, it is much more than that: it is a tale in which honor and decency prevail over injustice, and powerful women more often than men control a young man’s destiny.
[Visit the author’s website at www.StephenLKanne.com.]
