Alan has been at war with his father Billy all his adult life. Alan loves truth and Billy is a devoted liar. They live apart, connected only by Alan's son Luke and the memory of past battles. But now a new betrayal is in the air. The old stalemate relies on Alan and Billy keeping their wits and their grievances keen. As Alan buckles under the pressures of a desolate work life, and as Billy staggers into old age, Luke is sharpening his own private set of knives. Eyecatcher is a story of family and a story of ideas. Though often dark, the novel has a comic edge as these three men struggle to take themselves just seriously enough to survive.

Alan has been at war with his father Billy all his adult life. Alan loves truth and Billy is a devoted liar. They live apart, connected only by Alan's son Luke and the memory of past battles. But now a new betrayal is in the air. The old stalemate relies on Alan and Billy keeping their wits and their grievances keen. As Alan buckles under the pressures of a desolate work life, and as Billy staggers into old age, Luke is sharpening his own private set of knives. Eyecatcher is a story of family and a story of ideas. Though often dark, the novel has a comic edge as these three men struggle to take themselves just seriously enough to survive.