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Informationen zum Autor Kief Hillsbery was born in Portland, Oregon, and is a raduate of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. His feature articles on surfing, skateboarding, and rock climbing hav appeared in Rolling Stone, Outside, Mountain Gazette, and other magazines, and he has been a contributing editor and columnist for Outside magazine. War Boy is his first novel. Klappentext Fleeing an abusive father, fourteen-year-old Radboy takes to the road with Jonnyboy, an older friend and mentor who is the only person Radboy believes he can trust. On the bus headed out of town they hook up with Finn and Critter, a couple of speed-freak boyfriends who take a shine to both of them.They also meet Ula, who is mourning the death of her fiancó and taking a trip across the United States in his memory.The five become fast allies, united by personal loss and by the allure of intimacy only friends in the throes of conflict can understand. When Jonnyboy drops out of sight, Radboy stays behind in San Francisco, where the underground world he has been introduced to inspires his own burgeoning sexual and emotional desires. Zusammenfassung Fleeing an abusive father! fourteen-year-old Radboy takes to the road with Jonnyboy! an older friend and mentor who is the only person Radboy believes he can trust. On the bus headed out of town they hook up with Finn and Critter! a couple of speed-freak boyfriends who take a shine to both of them.They also meet Ula! who is mourning the death of her fiancó and taking a trip across the United States in his memory.The five become fast allies! united by personal loss and by the allure of intimacy only friends in the throes of conflict can understand. When Jonnyboy drops out of sight! Radboy stays behind in San Francisco! where the underground world he has been introduced to inspires his own burgeoning sexual and emotional desires.
