{"product_id":"blue-boy-isbn-9781496712097","title":"Blue Boy","description":"“Compassionate, moving, funny, and wise, \u003ci\u003eBlue Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best debut novels I have read in years.” —David Ebershoff, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Danish Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeet  Kiran Sharma: lover of music, dance, and all things sensual; son of  immigrants, social outcast, spiritual seeker. A boy who doesn't quite  understand his lot—until he realizes he's a god. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs  an only son, Kiran has obligations—to excel in his studies, to honor  the deities, to find a nice Indian girl, and, above all, to make his  mother and father proud—standard stuff for a boy of his background. If  only Kiran had anything in common with the other Indian kids besides the  color of his skin. They reject him at every turn, and his cretinous  public schoolmates are no better. Cincinnati in the early 1990s isn’t  exactly a hotbed of cultural diversity, and Kiran’s not-so-well-kept  secrets don’t endear him to any group. Playing with dolls, choosing  ballet over basketball, taking the 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. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurrounded by examples of  upstanding Indian Americans—in his own home, in his temple, at the  weekly parties given by his parents’ friends—Kiran nevertheless finds it  impossible to get the knack of “normalcy.” 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. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“The best fiction reminds us that humanity is much, much larger than our personal world, our own little reality. \u003ci\u003eBlue Boy\u003c\/i\u003e shows us a world too funny and sad and sweet to be based on anything but the truth.” —Chuck Palahniuk \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRakesh Satyal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eBlue Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a 2010 Lambda Literary Award and the 2010 Prose\/Poetry Award from the Association of Asian American Studies and which was a 2010 finalist for the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award. Satyal was the recipient of a 2010 Fellowship in Fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eNo One Can Pronounce My Name\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2017. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders can visit his website at rakeshsatyalbooks.com.","brand":"Kensington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305267319013,"sku":"NP9781496712097","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781496712097.jpg?v=1767722833","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/blue-boy-isbn-9781496712097","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}