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Boys of Alabama  Cover Image Book Book

Boys of Alabama / Genevieve Hudson.

Summary:

"A queer coming-of-age told with magical realism, Boys of Alabama guides us through 16-year-old Max's first year in America. Conflicted about leaving Germany, Max is in awe of his new 'home' - here, the heat is thick, the food is grossly delicious, and football and religion--seemingly intertwined--permeate everything. While his parents don't know what to make of an American South pining for the 'good ol' days', or the people who live there, shy Max thrives--he makes the football team, goes to church for the first time, and even makes friends. When Max meets Pan in Chemistry class, they embark on a quixotic, strange, and consuming relationship. They tell each other their secrets; Max tells Pan about his witchy powers, Pan tells Max about the snake poison initiations of a local church. But the boys aren't sure whose secrets are darker, or what is more frightening - their true selves, or staying true in an intolerant Alabama."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781631496295
  • ISBN: 1631496298
  • ISBN: 9781631499029
  • ISBN: 1631499025
  • Physical Description: 285 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Subject: Germans > Alabama > Fiction.
Gay teenagers > Fiction.
Homophobia > Fiction.
Alabama > Social life and customs > Fiction.
FICTION / LGBT / Gay.
FICTION / Coming of Age.
FICTION / Magical Realism.
Germans.
Gay teenagers.
Homophobia.
Manners and customs.
Alabama.
Realism in literature > Fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
Gay teenagers > Fiction.
Homophobia > Fiction.
Alabama > Fiction.
Genre: Paranormal fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Gay fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Occult fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Gay fiction.
Magic realist fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at State Library of Alabama.

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