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WARNING--THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS. This book doesn't seem to be mentioned on any site listing "gay boys coming out" (as least, not that I came across). DOWNLOAD: https://annas-archive.org/search?q=new+boy+sutcliffe PUBLISHERS BLURB: "NEW BOY is a dark modern comedy about the hormonal angst of a Jewish lad growing up in north-west London's bagel belt. "Sutcliffe has managed to pull off a worthy British companion to Portnoy's Complaint"--Jay Rayner, "Well-written,clever and very funny"--Literary Review "Smart,entertaining stuff...somewhere between Adrian Mole and Holden Caulfield"--Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday" THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS: New Boy is a novel, published in 1996, written by British novelist William Sutcliffe. The book is largely autobiographical, mixing fact and fiction. It tells the story of the arrival of a new boy, Barry, in the sixth form of an English private school. The school is never named in the novel, but a host of clues (most tellingly the school motto) reveals the school to be Sutcliffe's alma mater, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, a fact that was picked up at the time by the British broadsheet press. Plot summary The book is set in 1986 and is narrated by a Jewish student at the school, Mark, who does not have much success with girls. He finds himself drawn to Barry, who is incredibly handsome. The two become friends, and the book tells of the course of just over a year during which Barry discovers sex with girls and has an affair with a teacher. Mark struggles with his attraction to Barry, but has a relationship with Barry's sister, Louise. Barry, meanwhile, realises that he is, in fact, gay, and enters into a relationship with Mark's brother, Dan, which Mark is unaware of. The four all go on holiday together, and Dan and Barry tell Mark of their relationship. He reacts badly, and accuses them of not being normal. This leads to Barry storming off and Louise dumping Mark. Mark and Barry do have a rapprochement of sorts at the end of the book, but their friendship is over. Mark ends the book contending that he can't be homophobic, because he made it up with his brother. Looks like a very interesting novel, but I have not read it. M. Boys who are Boylovers--looks good... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Boy_(novel) DOWNLOAD: https://annas-archive.org/search?q=new+boy+sutcliffe [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |