Following the success of his novel, The God File (MacAdam/Cage, March 2002), MacAdam/Cage is releasing the trade paperback of Frank Turner Hollon's first novel, The Pains of April. This short novel brings us the recollections of an old man in a rest home on the Gulf Coast. We feel the frustrations, lessons, and fears of a lifetime remembered, as this man looks for himself behind the veil of his memories and dreams. "Even at the end of April, there are so many things to learn." About the author: Frank Turner Hollon lives in Baldwin County, Alabama, with his wife and children. He is the author of numerous novels, including Blood and Circumstance, The Point of Fracture, The God File, and Life Is a Strange Place, which is currently being developed into a feature film.