Idlewild : a novel
Thomas, James Frankie2024
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Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers. For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy, sensitive, and obsessed with Fay. The two of them bond fiercely and spend all their waking hours giddily parsing their environment for homoerotic subtext. Then, during rehearsals for the fall play, they notice two sexually ambiguous boys who are potential candidates for their exclusive Invert Society. The pairs become mirrors of one another and drive each other to make choices that they'll regret for the rest of their lives.
Main title:
Idlewild : a novel / James Frankie Thomas.
Author:
Thomas, James Frankie, author
Work:
Imprint:
New York : The Overlook Press, 2024.
Collation:
389 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.
ISBN:
9781419769153 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
3942800