Details

Subject(s)

• African American gay men—Fiction [Browse]
• Graduate students—Fiction [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Novels [Browse]
• Bildungsromans [Browse]
• Fiction [Browse]

Summary note

"A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends -- some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with a young straight man, conspire to fracture his defenses, while revealing hidden currents of resentment and desire that threaten the equilibrium of their community"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

• 9780525538882 ((hardcover))
• 0525538887

LCCN

2019022438

OCLC

1089003021

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