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Blue Boy
Blue Boy | Rakesh Satyal
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As an only son, Kiran has obligations - to excel in his studies, find a nice Indian girl, and, make his mother and father proud. If only Kiran had anything in common with other Indian kids besides the colour of his skin. They reject him at every turn, and his cretinous American schoolmates are no better. Kiran's not-so-well-kept secrets don't endear him to any group. Playing with dolls; choosing ballet over basketball; taking the school's annual talent show way too seriously. the very things that make Kiran who he is also make him the star of his own personal freak show. And then one fateful day, a revelation: perhaps his desires aren't too earthly, but too divine. Perhaps the solution to the mystery of his existence has been before him since birth. For Kiran Sharma, a long, strange trip is about to begin - a journey so sublime, so ridiculous, so painfully beautiful, that it can only lead to the truth.
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BookmarksTheSpot
Blue Boy | Rakesh Satyal
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Living in a perpetual flinch resonated with me. #anxiety #selfesteem

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BookmarksTheSpot
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For a debut novel, this has been a delightful read. I‘m enjoying the narration and love the main character. I heard they are turning this book into a movie. I‘m excited to see what they do with it.

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Hobbinol
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I thoroughly enjoyed the apotheosis of the 12-year-old narrator from extravagant child into recalcitrant puberty. (The older one gets the more mythologized our youth becomes.) I loved his observations as a 1st generation American child of immigrants from India. The contrasts of exotic Orientalist desires with suburban Ohio was entertaining, but I thought the protagonist's hedonism bordered on a disturbing and undiagnosed psychosis.

Hobbinol Still I totally plan to read the author's new book. 7y
Texreader That picture is amazing 7y
Suet624 I've loved all of the pictures you've been posting. 7y
Hobbinol @Suet624 Thanks so much! 7y
Hobbinol @Texreader Thanks! I thought so too! 7y
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Hobbinol
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"I've been creating my own whimsy--or at least my heart has-- and that whimsy has led me to exhibit my artistic self in its most unfettered state. The world can be as uncommonly beautiful as you want it to be as long as you've given yourself over to that whimsy, however melancholy and lonely it may be sometimes."

Quote paired with a Pierre et Gilles photograph.

LeahBergen Beautiful. 7y
saresmoore Wow, yes. 7y
DivineDiana I applaud whimsy! 👏🏻 7y
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Hobbinol @LeahBergen I expect good things from this writer. 7y
Hobbinol @DivineDiana Whimsy is the best 👍🏻 7y
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Hobbinol
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"Books are much better companions to me than people. A book's content never changes, and yet it is always intriguing; something you read can mean something completely different to you at a different time. This is not the case with my classmates. If I've learned anything, it's that people can be devastating at any given moment."

Painting by Giovanni Giacometti.

Lindy ❤️💔 7y
shawnmooney 💜😥 7y
LeahBergen 💗💗 7y
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Megabooks 💜😢💚 7y
Suet624 Sigh. 7y
Izai.Amorim So true! 7y
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Hobbinol
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Regarding the narrator's pundit at his Temple in Ohio: "He had an obsidian comb-over. And he transitions from Hindi to Sanskrit to English so quickly that I often don't know which he is trying to speak. It's Hinglishskrit."

And about his mother: "Even though my mother has come to the Midwest from the most exotic and dangerous lands, Ohio can scare the hell out of her. India may be full of man-eating tigers, but Ohio is full of Ohioans."

shawnmooney Lol! I am curious about his latest novel 7y
Hobbinol @shawnmooney I hope you'll let me know how it is when you read it. It does look promising. I started this book on the train and so far I'm enjoying it. 7y
LeahBergen This sounds so good. Stacked! 7y
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