100 boyfriends

Summary: "Transgressive, foulmouthed, and brutally funny, Brontez Purnell's 100 Boyfriends is a revelatory spiral into the imperfect lives of queer men desperately fighting the urge to self-sabotage. As they tiptoe through minefields of romantic, substance-fueled misadventure--from dirty warehouses and gentrified bars in Oakland to desolate farm towns in Alabama--Purnell's characters strive for belonging in a world that dismisses them for being Black, broke, and queer. In spite of it--or perhaps because of it--they shine"--

Item details

ISBN: 9780374538989
ISBN: 0374538980
Physical Description: print
vii, 180 pages ; 19 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : MCD x FSG Originals, 2021.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

In the morning -- Hooker boys (part one) -- Inherited winter coat -- The boyfriends -- Damn a lover comes home to die -- Boyfriend #666/The satanist -- Ed's name written in pencil -- Letter of resignation -- Meandering (part one) -- The boyfriends (interpretations) -- This day and many more -- Hooker boys (part two) -- Boyfriend #19/The white boy with dreadlocks -- Early retirement -- Manifesto: no new boyfriends -- Moonlight tops and the cold war -- Repeater -- Mountain boys -- Boyfriend #100/The agent -- Meandering (part two) -- Hooker boys (part three) -- Mr. Raleigh vs. the gym -- The boyfriends (continued) -- Do they exist if no one's watching.