Desert Boys: Fiction

Powerful, linked stories illuminate Daley Kushner's world-- the family, friends, and community in California's Mojave Desert. 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 friendship with Robert Karinger. -- adapted from publisher info

• | Author: Chris McCormick
• | Publisher: Picador
• | Publication Date: May 03, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1250075505
• | ISBN-13: 9781250075505