Idlewild: A Novel. James Frankie Thomas
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ISBN: 9781419769153 | 400 pages | 10 Mb
- Idlewild: A Novel
- James Frankie Thomas
- Page: 400
- Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
- ISBN: 9781419769153
- Publisher: The Overlook Press
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: Vox * The Paris Review * NPR * Vanity Fair / A FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FIRST FICTION James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel. Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers. For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy, sensitive, and obsessed with Fay. The two of them bond fiercely and spend all their waking hours giddily parsing their environment for homoerotic subtext. Then, during rehearsals for the fall play, they notice two sexually ambiguous boys who are potential candidates for their exclusive Invert Society. The pairs become mirrors of one another and drive each other to make choices that they’ll regret for the rest of their lives. Looking back on these events as adults, the estranged Fay and Nell trace that fateful school year, recalling backstage theater department intrigue, antiwar demonstrations, smutty fanfic written over AIM and a shared dial-up connection—and the spectacular cascade of mistakes, miscommunications, and betrayals that would ultimately tear the two of them apart.
Idlewild: A Novel by James Frankie Thomas, Paperback
A darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school
Idlewild: A Novel (Paperback)
A darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
James Frankie Thomas's Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans,
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
A darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the
James Frankie Thomas Found Himself in 'Idlewild'
James Frankie Thomas's debut novel Idlewild tells the story of Fay and Nell: queer, sardonic, delightfully weird best friends at a Quaker high school in 2002
Idlewild - Reviews
Two teenagers wrestle with friendship and attraction at a New York City private school in this hilarious and sexy debut.
James Frankie Thomas (of IDLEWILD) (@james_f_thomas)
My novel, IDLEWILD, is officially out in the world today. It's gay, it's trans, it's about Manhattan private school and queer friendship and theater kids.
Idlewild: A Novel (Hardcover)
A darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school
Idlewild: A Novel - Thomas, James Frankie: Books
A darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school
Idlewild: A Novel
For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy,