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Title: The Year of Ice: A Novel by Brian Malloy ISBN: 0-312-31369-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (54 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Unbelievable!! One of the funniest books I've read in years
Comment: This book is perfect, literally perfect.
It's funny, it's smart, it's touching, it's sad, it's heartwrenching, and beautiful. And it has some of the best one liners of anything I've ever read. Kevin, the protagonist, is a 17 year old boy/man who just happens to be gay. And that's one of the things I love about how Malloy tells Kevin's story. I've read enough so-called 'gay fiction' where the fact that the character is gay overshadows the book and the story itself becomes incidental to the characters gayness. Malloy's book is about family and life and growing up, with the fact that Kevin is gay as simply a fact of life.
Malloy has also written one of the funniest scenes in a book I have ever read. Kevin is picked up at his crazy aunt's house by his father's mistress and the mistress' niece. What follows had me laughing so hard I was gasping for breath.
Please, please, please buy this book. I promise you will not regret it. Malloy reminds me of Richard Russo with an even sharper sense of humour.
And Brian, please tell me there will be a sequel to this book. You can count on me lining up for the hardback!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Universal Appeal
Comment: This straight, female middle-aged reader read about gay male teenage longing and thought, "YES! That's it exactly!" I'm not quite sure how Brian Malloy achieved that, but I'm so glad he did.
And he's funny! When I read funny books, I smirk. I chuckle under the surface. It's very rare that I laugh out loud. This book has more than its fair share of laugh-out-loud moments. But it isn't a comic novel. It's a touching one that just happens to have hilarious lines. I think Malloy's greatest achievement is finding a way to make the specifics of his characters' lives something we can all relate to. He's done a magnificent job.
I envy those of you who are yet to read this book for the first time. You are in for such a treat.
Rating: 5
Summary: Captivating, Elegant, Mesmerizing and Funny
Comment: How much more than THAT can you ask for in a book? I read quite a bit of gay literature. And I am critical about my selections, and generally avoid "trash".(Not always possible, though. No matter now greatly a book is reviewed, I've still had my share of stinkers once I actually get around to reading the book myself). Happily, THE YEAR OF ICE is anything but a stinker. This book soars to levels I haven't been privy to for quite some time. How marvelous to read something written by a highly talented writer. It's been a while. From the opening chapter, one gets swept up into the urgency of Kevin's plight. Malloy captures the quiet desperation of the closeted gay high school experience spectacularly. He also avoids cliche, by making Kevin a popular kid, an "alpha male", as he puts it. The tangled web of family secrets and coming-of-age drama to follow is at times heartwrenching and at times purely, laugh out loud hysterical. Bravo to Mr. Malloy! I can't wait for his next book.
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Title: Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates ISBN: 0758203489 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Desert Sons by Mark Kendrick ISBN: 0595191304 Publisher: iUniverse Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Into This World We're Thrown by Mark Kendrick ISBN: 0595214681 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Common Sons by Ronald Donaghe ISBN: 0595097081 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Metes and Bounds by Jay Quinn ISBN: 1560231858 Publisher: Southern Tier Editions Harrington Park Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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