false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171853575m/123448.jpg 123448 9 Columnist and first-time novelist Marc Acito has been called the "gay Dave Barry." But don't expect to find riffs on bad traffic, pirate-speak, and all-writer rock bands in Acito's debut, <I>How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater.</I> As stated in the title, this book finds humor and adventure mainly in those topics that would most appeal to a stereotypically gay audience: musicals, piano bars, and sex, sex, sex. <p> Did I mention the sex? By the end of the book, the teenage characters are so liberated that they'd probably find an evening at Studio 54 slightly mundane. All kinds of interesting scenarios arise when Ed Zanni, a bisexual high-school drama club star from suburban New Jersey, is denied tuition to Julliard by his well-to-do father and wicked step mother. Fortunately his close friends, Paula (ample of body, unlucky in love), Kelly (Ed's cheerleader girlfriend), Doug (his football player love interest), Natie (a nerd with a gift for white-collar crime) and Ziba, (a regal, Middle Eastern beauty), are very willing to engage in fraud, forgery, and blackmail to help him pay for drama school. Ah, high school. <p> Despite the naughty bits, <I>How I Paid for College</I> is actually rather sweet. Set in high school as it is, Acito's book is somewhat reminiscent of young adult fiction. Yes, there's a lot more homoerotica than the <I>Sweet Valley High</I> series could have prepared readers for, but still it reminds one of those early days--full of tragedy and disappointment--and yet safely nestled in a time of life before real tragedy and disappointment usually set in. It's easy to forget this is a book for adults... until the three-ways commence. And a fast-moving, light-hearted story with three-ways? Well, entertainment-wise, readers could do a lot worse. <I>--Leah Weathersby</I> 118860 2004 How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater total:802|5:197|4:330|3:191|2:70|1:14| 802 3032 1247 179 4 4 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 17:34:56 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 17:49:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 25 21:32:17 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 11 10:23:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 23 18:37:43 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 18:40:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 24 08:23:15 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 08:37:30 -0800 2009
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Edward Zanni is not only gay, he's a musical theater actor, seventeen, "dying" to go to Julliard, Italian, and lives in Wallingford, NJ. His best friend is the epitome of the high school "fag hag...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 15:35:39 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 22:42:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 08 05:58:37 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 10:04:35 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 05:58:37 -0700 2009 Catch-22 or the last David Sedaris book i read. acito's narrative voice is incredibly strong and ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 21 08:51:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 22 10:51:25 -0700 2008 Thu May 21 08:51:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 30 19:45:27 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 19:47:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 19 22:09:35 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 19 22:18:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:35:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:42:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 16:05:44 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 16:37:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 11:20:44 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 11:24:57 -0700 2009 0
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Theater geeks of all ages will cotton to this madcap coming-of-age novel. Edward Zanni is accepted at prestigious performing arts school Juilliard, but Dad (and wicked Stepmom) won't pay. He initiates a scheme crazier that the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 07:52:51 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 24 14:13:05 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=123448