Lawn Boy

Paul Lisicky

Turtle Point Press, 1998 - Fiction - 374 pages

Starts with 17 year old Evan mowing a neighbour's lawn, an ordinary chore which launches him in a world of desire, confusion, and betrayal. Rejected by his parents, struggling to make contact with his lost brother, he learns of the nature of exile. Lawnboy is about the possibility of finding connection in a world of broken relationships and decaying motels, failed housing developments sinking back into the swamps, the urban, artificial landscape of South Florida, as lush and troubling as Evan's imagination.

What people are saying

Review: Lawnboy

User Review  - Marco - Goodreads

Angsty and Emo-ish. This would have been a typical coming-of-age gay novel. Except it isn't. It's far deeper than I can dig. Far better and metaphorical than I can understand. this is something I probably will reread when I'm feeling more literary.

Review: Lawnboy

User Review  - Jay Z - Goodreads

I suspect that Mark Doty's brilliance is the main reason people go wandering hopefully towards Paul Lisicky. Turn back, peeps. Nothing to see here.

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 7
• Section 3: 19

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lawn Boy
• Author: Paul Lisicky
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Turtle Point Press, 1998
• ISBN: 1885983409, 9781885983404
• Length: 374 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Coming of Age; Fiction / Gay; Social Science / Gay Studies