{"product_id":"desert-boys-fiction-9781250141019","title":"Desert Boys: Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Stonewall Book Award\/Barbara Gittings Literature Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Binghamton University's John Gardner Fiction Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Saroyan Prize for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Chautauqua Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hilarious, Devious, Original, and Unforgettable.\"--Karen Russell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis series of powerful, intertwining stories illuminates Daley Kushner'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA luminous debut, \u003ci\u003eDesert Boys \u003c\/i\u003eby Chris McCormick 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250141019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Chris McCormick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431919939765,"sku":"9781250141019","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_198ff594-a49c-4a67-8c26-a128ad44c4d0.jpg?v=1721138869","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/desert-boys-fiction-9781250141019","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}