Boy With Wings by Mark Mustian
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The Details:
Book Title: Boy With Wings
Series: n/a
Author: Mark Mustian
Publication Date: March 15th, 2025
Publisher: Koehler Books
Pages: 322
Genre: Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction
Blurb:
“A brilliant fever dream of a novel, ahaunting coming of age story reminiscent of both Franz Kafka and CharlesDickens.”
~ Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York TimesBestselling Author of The Jackal’s Mistress
*Next GenerationIndie Book Awards 2025 First Place Winner*
What does it meanto be different?
When Johnny Cruel is born with strangeappendages on his back in the 1930s South, the locals think he's a devil.Determined to protect him, his mother fakes his death, and they flee. Thusbegins Johnny's yearslong struggle to find a place he belongs.
From a turpentine camp of former slaves to afreak show run by a dwarf who calls herself Tiny Tot and on to the Floridacapitol building, Johnny finds himself working alongside other outcasts,struggling to answer the question of his existence. Is he a horror, a wonder,or an angel? Should he hide himself to live his life?
Following Johnny's journey through love,betrayal, heartbreak, and several murders, Boy With Wings is a story of the sacrifices andfreedom inherent in making one's own special way-and of love and the miraclesthat give our lives meaning.
Buy Link:
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Author Bio:
Mark Mustian is the author of the novels "TheReturn" and "The Gendarme," the latter a finalist for the DaytonInternational Literary Peace Prize and shortlisted for the SaroyanInternational Award for Writing. It won the Florida Gold Book Award for Fictionand has been published in ten languages.
The founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature andMusic in Tallahassee, Florida, his new novel, "Boy With Wings," isout in 2025.
Author Links:
Website: https://markmustian.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@markmustian
Facebook: https://facebook.com/markmustianauthor
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mark-mustian
Bluesky: https://markmustian.bsky.social
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mark-T.-Mustian/author/B0CSF8JY2Y
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3463600.Mark_Mustian
