Dream Boy

Jim Grimsley

Algonquin Books, Jan 1, 1995 - Fiction - 195 pages

ALA Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Book Award. DREAM BOY confirms the immense promise of Jim Grimsley's award-winning debut, WINTER BIRDS. In his electrifying novel, adolescent gay love, violence, and the spirituality of old-time religion are combined through the alchemy of Grimsley's vision into a powerfully suspenseful story of escape and redemption. "I've never read a novel remotely like DREAM BOY; and my admiration for Jim Grimsley's power is widened and deepened."--Reynolds Price; "Translucent prose and emotional authenticity."--Out. A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION.

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User Review  - Charlotte_Kinzie - LibraryThing

The first half of this boom was quite remarkable. It’s a simple and stunning portrait of a young man trying to escape abuse at home. The second half left me feeling confused and disappointed. There is ...

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User Review  - 2chances - LibraryThing

Wow, I don't know what to make of this. I heard about it on NPR; the commentator, a gay man, said he wished he had had this book when he was a teenager, because it would have told him he was not alone ...

About the author

Jim Grimsley is the author of four previous novels, among them Winter Birds, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award; Dream Boy, winner of the GLBTF Book Award for literature; My Drowning, a Lila-Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award winner; and Comfort and Joy. He lives in Atlanta and teaches at Emory University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dream Boy
• Author: Jim Grimsley
• Publisher: Algonquin Books, 1995
• ISBN: 1565121066, 9781565121065
• Length: 195 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / LGBT / Gay