[close] New York City subway riders read from John Wray's breath-taking, lip-biting thrill ride, Lowboy. Wray's new novel follows sixteen-year-old Lowboy, a paranoid schizophrenic, on a mission to stop the planet's destruction by radical climate change. He has six hours, and the only way to do it is by losing his virginity. [close]

[close] Novelist John Wray reads a letter from his title character to his mother, written while Lowboy was spending time in a mental health facilty. Wray read at Spike Hill in Williamsburg on March 12. [close]