Michael John Canavan

The Nature Of The Beast Michael John Canavan

The Nature of the Beast is the story of the Wards, a middle-class family living in the Bronx, New York during the 1980's and 1990's, and the sometimes ironic, often catastrophic, and eventually deadly influence of alcohol on their lives. The catch - only one family member is an alcoholic. But through the years, even as those around him suffer the effects of his addiction and are driven to ever more desperate acts, he manages to live a life free of the trouble, guilt, and responsibility they take on.