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Dream Boy
by Jim Grimsley
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Jim Grimsley has written a novel about the love affair between two adolescent boys in the American South--one of them the son of an abusive father. The affair with the boy next door reawakens buried memories of his painful childhood.
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9781565121065,
Hardcover,
Algonquin Books,
1995
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9780684829920,
Paperback,
Touchstone Books,
1997
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Publisher Notes
In a novel as stunning and heartbreaking as his acclaimed debut work, Grimsley recounts the story of a painful first love--between two adolescent boys who bravely sustain each other in a world of domestic disintegration.
Media Reviews
"Romantic passion, violence, and ultimate liberation coalesce in this singular display of literary craftsmanship."
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