Thomas McCollum's novels have created controversy from radio and television appearances, reviewers, booksellers, and readers from around the world. After a five year hiatus McCollum is back with UNCLE NORM, a novel written in a different direction from his past work.

The fascinating story based on fact, but fictionalized, begins with U.S. Army volunteer and baker, Norman Rose, being shot down in a cargo plane during World War II in the Belgian Congo and taken in for six years by a pygmy tribe.

As the intrigue of love, family, greed, gold and diamonds, along with the tribal social pressure pull the reader from one issue to another. One will find the novel difficult to put down."