by David LaRochelleI read this book over my first weekend in Seattle, and I wish I could remember more about it now to review it, but what I do remember is this: If Tolkien Boy were to write a novel about a teenage boy trying desperately to deny the fact that he's gay and in the process landing in some outlandishly funny situations, and Tolkien Boy were to solicit the occasional quirky input of Theric in writing said novel, the result would look something like David LaRochelle's Absolutely, Positively Not...
And that is about the highest praise I can give a book.
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Sounds good!
Ah, yes. The Tolkien Boy touch...outlandish situations, ambiguous sexualities, people who are obviously not in control of their own lives...
ReplyDelete...let's just say that I found this post marvellously flattering. And that's a two-l marvellous, you'll notice.
So you finally read the book! It sounds like you liked it a lot more than I did. I thought the beginning was funny but then it just went over the top. Perhaps I missed the very point of the book??
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