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Indignation [videorecording] / by Gadon, Sarah,1987-actor.; Lerman, Logan,1992-actor.; Letts, Tracy,1965-actor.; Schamus, James,1959-screenwriter,film director.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Roth, Philip.Indignation.; Elevation Pictures.;
Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman, Tracy Letts, Ben Rosenfield, Linda Emond.Based on Philip Roth's late novel, Indignation takes place in 1951, as Marcus Messner (Logan Lerman), a brilliant working class Jewish boy from Newark, New Jersey, travels on scholarship to a small, conservative college in Ohio, thus exempting him from being drafted into the Korean War. But once there, Marcus's growing infatuation with his beautiful classmate Olivia Hutton (Sarah Gadon), and his clashes with the college's imposing Dean, Hawes Caudwell (Tracy Letts), put his and his family's best laid plans to the ultimate test.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Roth, Philip.; Antisemitism; Jewish college students; Jewish men; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen fifties; Young men;
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Son of a trickster / by Robinson, Eden,author.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Young men; Tricksters; Mythology; Supernatural; Ravens; Indigenous peoples; Families; Dysfunctional families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Trickster drift / by Robinson, Eden,author.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Paranormal fiction.; Young men; Tricksters; Myths; Supernatural; Ravens; Indigenous peoples; Families; Dysfunctional families;
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Giant little ones [videorecording] / by Behrman, Keith,1963-film director,screenwriter.; Bello, Maria,1967-actor.; MacLachlan, Kyle,1959-actor.; Mann, Darren,actor.; Wiggins, Josh,actor.; Wolfe Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Kyle MacLachlan, Maria Bello, Taylor Hickson.Franky Winter and Ballas Kohl have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty: handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live a perfect teenage life, until the night of Franky's epic seventeenth birthday party, when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever. It is a heartfelt and intimate coming-of-age story about friendship, self-discovery and the power of love without labels.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for sexual content, language and some drug/alcohol use - all involving teens.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Best friends; Coming of age; Bullying; Male friendship; Young gay men;
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Burma sahib : a novel / by Theroux, Paul,author.;
"An Eton graduate is conscripted as a servant of the British Empire to oversea local policemen in Burma, forcing him to navigate social, racial and class politics"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Identity (Psychology); Imperialism; Police; Racism; Social classes; Young men;
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Black buck / by Askaripour, Mateo,author.;
"For fans of Sorry to Bother You and Wolf of Wall Street: a crackling, satirical debut novel about a young black man who accidentally impresses a CEO while serving his Starbucks order, catapulting him into the opportunity of a lifetime--a shot at stardom as the lone black salesman at an eccentric, mysterious, and wildly successful startup where, he will soon learn, nothing is as it seems"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Satirical literature.; Urban fiction.; African American young men; African Americans; Sales personnel; Race relations; Life change events;
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The English problem : a novel / by Kamlani, Beena,author.;
"The English Patient meets EM Foster, The English Problem is a stunning debut that looks at the insidiousness of colonialism and one young man's sexual awakening. In 1931 a young man from India arrives in London. Ten years later he will be on a ship bound for India, in a coma, accompanied by a nurse. But that is a decade away For now, in 1931 he is not dressed for the British rain, and shivering, rings the doorbell of the people who have agreed to host him during his stay in this strange land. He finds that his hosts are having a party and warmly welcome him in. He is the only Brown person in the room. It is the first time for what will become an everyday experience"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948; East Indians; Imperialism; Nineteen thirties; Young men;
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Ghost town : a novel in 45 chapters / by Chen, Kevin,author.; Sterk, Darryl,translator.;
"Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen's boyfriend."--
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Novels.; Estranged families; Ex-convicts; Family secrets; Murder; Young gay men;
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The book that wouldn't burn / by Lawrence, Mark,1966-author.;
The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities. The girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust, where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never even noticed them. That's about to change. Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Books and reading; Corruption; Girls; Imaginary places; Libraries; Memory; Secrecy; Strangers; Xenophobia; Young men;
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Always raining here [graphic novel] / by Bell,author.; Hazel,illustrator.;
Carter is an impulsive, fun-loving, extremely gay teen on a mission to finally hook up with any cute, single guy who will have him. Unfortunately, his options are slim. Enter recently-single Adrian, Carter's very cute, hardworking, and stressed-out target who rebuffs all of his clumsy seduction techniques. Adrian initially plays along but slams on the brakes when he realizes he is still in love with his ex. After a messy, uninhibited night at a house party that results in Carter helping both Adrian and his best friend Maria ... the two boys form a tentative friendship. As their friendship progresses through countless hangouts and a few too many pizza slices, the two become integral to one another. But can their vague relationship survive their first official hookup, Adrian's self-destructiveness, and a big fight that threatens any chance of either confessing?
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Gay comics.; Queer comics.; Man-man relationships; Young gay men;
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