The Year of Ice: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312313691 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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His loyalties divided between his father and his aunt, between his internal reality and his public persona, Kevin is forced to accept his gay identity and reevaluate his notions of family and love as painful truths emerge about both.. As lonely women vie for his father's attention, Kevin discovers Patrick's own closely guarded secret: he had planned to abandon his family for another woman. His mother Eileen died two years earlier when her car plunged into the icy waters of the Mississippi River, and since then Kevin's rela
JP Colter said A highly resonant debut novel. Like others who have reviewed "The Year of Ice" I initially purchased the book due to the intriguing combination of cover art and because the general subject matter was relevant for me. I can't begin to say how glad I am that I purchased this book. I originally wrote this review in "A highly resonant debut novel" according to JP Colter. Like others who have reviewed "The Year of Ice" I initially purchased the book due to the intriguing combination of cover art and because the general subject matter was relevant for me. I can't begin to say how glad I am that I purchased this book. I originally wrote this review in 2002 and just re-read the book for probably the fourth time (2010) and it still captured my imagination.Each time I read "The Year of Ice", I find mysel. 00"A highly resonant debut novel" according to JP Colter. Like others who have reviewed "The Year of Ice" I initially purchased the book due to the intriguing combination of cover art and because the general subject matter was relevant for me. I can't begin to say how glad I am that I purchased this book. I originally wrote this review in 2002 and just re-read the book for probably the fourth time (2010) and it still captured my imagination.Each time I read "The Year of Ice", I find mysel. and just re-read the book for probably the fourth time ("A highly resonant debut novel" according to JP Colter. Like others who have reviewed "The Year of Ice" I initially purchased the book due to the intriguing combination of cover art and because the general subject matter was relevant for me. I can't begin to say how glad I am that I purchased this book. I originally wrote this review in 2002 and just re-read the book for probably the fourth time (2010) and it still captured my imagination.Each time I read "The Year of Ice", I find mysel. 010) and it still captured my imagination.Each time I read "The Year of Ice", I find mysel. An incredibly fine novel from a welcome new voice THE YEAR OF ICE by Brian Malloy has been recommended by more good authors than any book I've ever considered reading. And the reason for all these referrals is that this book is JUST THAT GOOD! A year in the life of a highschool senior in Minnesota embraces more universal truths and ordinary circumstances than a vast Joycean tome. Brian Malloy, in his first full-fledged novel, has a gift for storytelling that is uniquely his own. H. A. Vernick said Universal Appeal. This straight, female middle-aged reader read about gay male teenage longing and thought, "YES! That's it exactly!" I'm not quite sure how Brian Malloy achieved that, but I'm so glad he did.And he's funny! When I read funny books, I smirk. I chuckle under the surface. It's very rare that I laugh out loud. This book has more than its fair share of laugh-out-loud moments. But it isn't a comic novel. It's a touching one that just happ
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Malloy shows plenty of talent in his gay spin on the genre, and this debut bodes well for his literary future. But Kevin is furious when he learns that Pat's infidelity may have contributed to the car accident that took his mother's life, and his anger increases exponentially when his father impregnates the woman he had the affair with, then marries her after a brief dalliance with another woman. . The family issues revolve around his dad, Pat, an ordinary 40-something widower with plenty of romantic prospects as the book opens. From Publishers Weekly A gay high school senior struggles to cope with his father's irresponsibility in Malloy's poignant, quietly effective debut, set in Minneapolis in the