Meet Horace, a twenty-one-year-old farm hand, who works for Mr Reece and his wife, the nearest thing he's had to family in years. But Horace, half-white half-Paiute Indian, dreams of bigger things. Leaving behind the farm, he heads South to re-invent himself as the Mexican boxer Hector Hidalgo. But slowly, the possibility emerges that his dreams might not just be the delusions of a lost soul. But at what cost? Exploring the fringes of contemporary America, "Don't Skip Out on Me" is essential reading