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Boys of Alabama
Boys of Alabama: A Novel | Genevieve Hudson
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A coming-of-age novel told with magical realism, Boys of Alabama guides us through sixteen-year-old Max's first year in America. In this bewitching first novel, a sensitive teen, newly arrived in Alabama, falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. While his German parents don't know what to make of a South pining for the past, shy Max thrives in the thick heat. Taken in by rowdy football players, he learns how to catch a spiraling ball, point a gun, and hide his innermost secrets. When Max meets fishnet-wearing Pan in physics class, they embark on an all-consuming relationship: Max tells Pan about his supernatural powers, and Pan tells Max about the snake poison initiations of a local church. The boys, however, aren't sure what is more frightening--embracing their true selves, or masking their true selves. Evoking Dorothy Allison, Lambda Award finalist Genevieve Hudson offers a nuanced portrait of masculinity, immigration, and the adolescent pressures that require total conformity--in short, a twenty-first-century South that would have been unimaginable to the late Harper Lee.
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Mem_ugh
Boys of Alabama: A Novel | Genevieve Hudson
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I‘ve heard nothing but great things about this book, and am excited to get into it. I watched a panel where the author spoke about this novel and the premise peaked my interest, so far it‘s very interesting. I spent the last several weeks moving and finally feel settled in enough to start a book.

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GerardtheBookworm
Boys of Alabama: A Novel | Genevieve Hudson
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Mehso-so

LGBTAIQ read of a German teen emigrating to the US and relocating to a rural Texas town. Embracing American pop culture and the fascinating obsession with football, he meets a goth kid named Pan who causes him to question his own orientation. Magical realism and surreal storytelling displayed potential but became lost in translation with cliche stereotypes and last luster ending.