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Synopsis
Twelve-year-old choir boy Berry will stop at nothing to stop his voice from changing--even subjecting himself to hormone treatments--but when his extreme measures attract the attention of his family, the boy finds himself deeply embroiled in complex gender issues.
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"Upbeat attitude....and a pervasive sense of humour. Berry's unconventional coming of age is at heart no different from that of any teen who feels like an outsider, and it's a journey almost anyone can relate to." - San Francisco Chronicle "A daring, strange, emotionally complex, and completely engrossing novel. Anyone who's ever felt slightly alien, oddball, or uneven will love its character, Berry, and its author, Charlie Anders." - Scott Heim, author of Mysterious Skin "A coming-of-age tale with universal resonance that also manages to expand our understanding of the word 'universal.'" - New York Press"
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"Choir Boy" is the story of Berry, a 12-year-old choirboy who wants to hold his voice back from changing at almost any cost. Berry tries unsuccessfully to castrate himself, then convinces a clinic to treat him as a transsexual. The pills Berry takes keep his voice from changing, but they also open a door Berry can't close. He faces a world of gender issues that he hadn't expected, and explores a universe way larger than anything he's experienced so far. He meets a cast of colourful characters, and learns some shocking secrets about his best friends: Wilson, who is having issues with his own sexuality, and Lisa, who's the subject of her father's weird psychological experiments. Then his parents and friends discover the truth about Berry, and his life falls apart. All of a sudden nowhere is safe and Berry's world goes to shreds. "Choir Boy" is an adventure story about facing tremendous dangers, and risking everything to find out the truth about yourself. It's also a coming-of-age tale about a character who refuses to come of age gracefully. Full of bizarre humour and surreal touches, this is Gunther Grass' "The Tin Drum" mixed with Eugenides' "Middlesex".
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- PublisherSoft Skull Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1932360816
- ISBN 13 9781932360813
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages280
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