At the age of 17, John G still slept with his father. It sheltered him from his fears, and he was full of fears - fear of the dark, fear of madness, fear of abandonment - until Temple. For John G, friendship with Temple was irrestible, it calmed his fears, made everything better. But then cracks began to appear in the arrogant Temple’s carefully constructed facade and John G was finally forced to face up to maturity. The Better Angel is Frank Ronan’s sensitive and telling portrayal of the terrors of transition from boyhood to manhood.
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