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Read this book ages ago and it is a powerful read.
Ari is Greek, gay and unemployed. He has family expectations to live up to and these conflict with his own desires.
I was stunned by the power of the book, its capturing of a young man caught in two worlds and trying to juggle both.
A great debut novel.
Ari is Greek, gay and unemployed. He has family expectations to live up to and these conflict with his own desires.
I was stunned by the power of the book, its capturing of a young man caught in two worlds and trying to juggle both.
A great debut novel.
Ari doesn't know what he is doing with his life. Sure, he's got some problems: he can't find a job, he sees his friends growing up and turning into automatons of society, and he has to hide his sexuality from his Greek parents. But poor Ari, he isn't cut out for the 9-5 job and the 2.4 kids & white-picket-fence, so he spends all his time taking drugs and having meaningless sex. He is an outsider! He can't change the world and he feels alienated from society. Woe woe woe! Well written, but I woul
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Oct 28, 2010
Tien
marked it as not-at-library
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Nov 13, 2010
Aggie V
rated it
it was ok
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Oct 21, 2012
Sally
marked it as to-read
