Collecting Sins

"Collecting Sins" is a picaresque, coming-of-age novel set in the Southern California of the late-'60s/early '70s. Author Steven Sobel evokes the inner environment of a sensitive and carefree youth confronting adulthood and takes us on a rollicking journey through the heady atmosphere of that era. More than the story of an individual, it is the story of a generation before it came to power. All-in-all, "Collecting Sins" is a witty, charming and masterful debut.