Quincy's Poking Lions' full of unexpected twists

Tucked in neatly on the Cheney-Spokane Road next to a pond that seasonally hosts otters is the home of Dr. Keith Quincy. Nationally recognized for his university teaching, he is also a prolific author. His latest book, “Poking Lions,” published in England, is now available in the U.S.

Fiction in name only, this book recounts the “real life” and career of Eddie Dooley. Born in New York to an abusive household, and brutalized at parochial school, Eddie finds a new home with an old German safecracker who treats him like a son.

Eddie is finally happy, but it does not last. A chain of events lands...