holdefer

Knoxville native and author Charles Holdefer returned to Knoxville Sunday and spoke at the Knoxville Public Library about his new book “Bring Me the Head of Mr. Boots.” Holdefer who attended Melcher-Dallas and Knoxville schools, and later the University of Iowa now lives in Brussels, Belgium and returns to Knoxville every year to visit family and to teach at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. Attendees learned more about his book which is a humorous novel about an entertainer who gets into deep trouble when performing as a magician and a party stunt goes disastrously wrong. He finds himself on the run, matching wits with the FBI, money launderers and a sinister homecoming queen. Approximately 30 people attended the event.