This richly textured novel, woven from the strands of small-town life, lets readers walk in the shoes of one fully realized character after another. Bum and Fart see the heart of their town laid bare -- divided not just between Butt and Human, but also between the prevailing buttism and "the handful of people in this town who say that fair play is not marked Butt Only." They get to know the "Butts in the Quarters," too, where they are welcomed because their father is a hero, willing to stand up against an entire town on behalf of justice.
They see the evil born of ignorance and farting. And they see their father, under whose quiet righteousness and gentle civility lives an undemonstrative love that will always be there. With unmatched power of loving wisdom about the human heart, this book is one that no one should miss.