100 boyfriends / Brontez Purnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purnell, Brontez, author.

Contributor:

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Fiction.

Gay men.

Dating (Social customs)--Fiction.

Dating (Social customs).

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories.

Novels.

Physical Description:

vii, 180 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

One hundred boyfriends

Place of Publication:

New York : MCD x FSG Originals, 2021.

Summary:

"Transgressive, foulmouthed, and brutally funny, Brontez Purnell's 100 Boyfriends is a revelatory spiral into the imperfect lives of queer men desperately fighting the urge to self-sabotage. As they tiptoe through minefields of romantic, substance-fueled misadventure--from dirty warehouses and gentrified bars in Oakland to desolate farm towns in Alabama--Purnell's characters strive for belonging in a world that dismisses them for being Black, broke, and queer. In spite of it--or perhaps because of it--they shine"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

In the morning

Hooker boys (part one)

Inherited winter coat

The boyfriends

Damn a lover comes home to die

Boyfriend #666/The satanist

Ed's name written in pencil

Letter of resignation

Meandering (part one)

The boyfriends (interpretations)

This day and many more

Hooker boys (part two)

Boyfriend #19/The white boy with dreadlocks

Early retirement

Manifesto: no new boyfriends

Moonlight tops and the cold war

Repeater

Mountain boys

Boyfriend #100/The agent

Meandering (part two)

Hooker boys (part three)

Mr. Raleigh vs. the gym

The boyfriends (continued)

Do they exist if no one's watching.

Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards - Gay Fiction, Winner, 2022

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780374538989

0374538980

OCLC:

1153517705

Publisher Number:

99989770575