Books

November, 1980

William Kotzwinkle is something of a cult figure among members of the drug culture--at least those who can still read. In Jack in the Box (Putnam's), the drug is testosterone--the male hormone. Kotzwinkle charts the sexual awakening of Jack Twiller--alias Captain Marvel, The Lone Ranger, The Flaming Arrow, Secret Agent X-9--as he abandons the comic-book games of innocent youth for those of the Tijuana eight-pagers owned by his friend Spider. Twiller is a victim of acute testosterone poisoning, a...