Author: JOE BABCOCK
Title: The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers
Description: Carroll & Graf, 2005. Paperback. Pp: 342. Like many gay sixteen-year-olds, Erick Taylor dreams of being a star. The problem is that he`s unpopular and stuck in Catholic school, and his parents, in their own desperate search for sainthood, fail to see that their son is on a path toward self-destruction. Unable to face his tormentors at school, unsure of whether he wants to live or die, Erick meets Chloe, "a twenty-six-year-old self-proclaimed - grandiloquent` drag queen." With a glam-rock makeover and a pair of platform shoes, Erick finally finds the courage to out himself, erasing his former identity and leaping blindly into Minneapolis`s gay nightlife. What begins as an innocent journey of self-discovery soon turns tragic when Erick`s life as an aspiring drag queen is halted by the unthinkable, and he finds himself alone, lost in the insanity of a world exploding. With exhilarating style and dark wit, Joe Babcock"winner of the Best Self-Published Novel awards from both Writer`s Digest and the Lambda Literary Foundation"paints a provocative, devastating portrait of what it`s like to grow up gay. ISBN: 9780786715206. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780786715206
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Title: The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers
Description: Carroll & Graf, 2005. Paperback. Pp: 342. Like many gay sixteen-year-olds, Erick Taylor dreams of being a star. The problem is that he`s unpopular and stuck in Catholic school, and his parents, in their own desperate search for sainthood, fail to see that their son is on a path toward self-destruction. Unable to face his tormentors at school, unsure of whether he wants to live or die, Erick meets Chloe, "a twenty-six-year-old self-proclaimed - grandiloquent` drag queen." With a glam-rock makeover and a pair of platform shoes, Erick finally finds the courage to out himself, erasing his former identity and leaping blindly into Minneapolis`s gay nightlife. What begins as an innocent journey of self-discovery soon turns tragic when Erick`s life as an aspiring drag queen is halted by the unthinkable, and he finds himself alone, lost in the insanity of a world exploding. With exhilarating style and dark wit, Joe Babcock"winner of the Best Self-Published Novel awards from both Writer`s Digest and the Lambda Literary Foundation"paints a provocative, devastating portrait of what it`s like to grow up gay. ISBN: 9780786715206. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780786715206
Price: EUR 7.50 = appr. US$ 8.15 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2140102
- Book number: 2140102
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