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Desert boys
Record details
- ISBN: 125014101X
- ISBN: 9781250141019
- ISBN: 1250075505 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781250075505 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1250075505 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781250075505 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1250075505 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781250075512
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Physical Description:
226 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Picador, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "In the tradition of startling debuts such as We, the Animals by Justin Torres, Desert Boys follows the life of Daley Kushner, growing up, coming out, and grappling with the remnants of his childhood in California's Mojave Desert. This series of powerful, linked stories illuminates Daley's world--the family, friends, and community that have both formed and constrained him, and his new life in San Francisco. Back home, the desert preys on those who cannot conform: an alfalfa farmer on the outskirts of town; two young girls whose curiosity leads to danger; a black politician who once served as his school's Confederate mascot; Daley's mother, an immigrant from Armenia; and Daley himself, introspective and queer. Meanwhile, in another desert on the other side of the world, war threatens to fracture Daley's most meaningful--and most fraught--connection to home, his friendship with Robert Karinger. Desert Boys traces the development of towns into cities, of boys into men, and the haunting effects produced when the two transformations overlap. Both a bildungsroman and a portrait of a changing place, the book mines the terrain between the desire to escape and the hunger to belong"-- |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Boys Fiction Young men Fiction Male friendship Fiction City and town life Fiction Mojave Desert Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction Friendship Fiction Coming of age Fiction |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bibliomation.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southbury Public Library | MCCORMICK (Text) | 34019137188124 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
Desert Boys : Fiction
CHRIS McCORMICK is the author of the debut story collection Desert Boys , winner of the 2017 Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award. Originally from the California side of the Mojave Desert, he earned his MFA at the University of Michigan, where he was the recipient of two Hopwood Awards. He is currently an assistant professor at Minnesota State University, where he's at work on his second book, a novel.
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