By making the narrator of King of Angels a slightly older gay boy, Brass introduces a twist to the Southern coming of age story.” Lambda Literary Foundation Newsletter, June 14, 2012. “King of Angels might be compared to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, substituting the turbulent 1960s with Lee’s depression-era setting and replacing Catholic-Jewish antagonism and homophobia for the race relations that drive To Kill a Mockingbird. Now back to read it all over again.” Reviews by Amos Lassen, Ma() Accepting ourselves is part of it all and Perry Brass helps us with that in his brilliant new book. “I laughed and I cried but most of all I thought and I remembered how it was growing up in one of the most turbulent periods of American history when communities tried to come together. Winner: 2012, “Ippy” Independent Publisher Book Award, Bronze Medal Young Adult Fictionįinalist: Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian and Gay Fiction, 2013 “Perry Brass is a literary polymath who enthralls readers no matter the genre.” Richard Labonte, syndicated book columnist, Book Marks. By the acclaimed author of How to Survive Your Own Gay Life, Carnal Sacraments, The Substance of God, Warlock, and bestselling Ippy-Award Gold Medalist The Manly Art of Seduction.
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