| Title: |
Toby's Lie |
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| Author: |
Daniel Vilmure |
| Published by: |
Simon & Schuster, 1995 |
| ISBN: |
0-684-80204-X [hardcover, 272 pages] |
Toby Sligh is a senior at a Catholic high
school who wants only to dance with his boyfriend at the prom. This is
the very least of his worries - as he finds himself tangled in a web of
illusions. Toby's mother has just moved out of the house and made him promise
not to tell his father where she is. Leonard "Juice" Compton,
Toby's best friend, is an all-state running back and a spectacular crack
dealer, dragging Toby into trouble with both sides of the law. And Ian
Lamb, Toby's boyfriend - whose enigmatic glass eye reflects a dark history
of mystery and deceit - leads Toby to the bedside of Father Eli Scarcross,
a gaunt and AIDS-ravaged Jesuit priest, who embodies what happens when
love and lies collide. Ian offers Toby a deal: If Toby will befriend Scarcross,
Ian will get to the bottom of Mrs. Sligh's flight.
In a fantastic journey through the playgrounds and hospitals,
bedrooms and classrooms, backseats and back alleys that make up our shadow
nation, Toby Sligh learns the truth and the truth about himself in a world
where everybody has a secret to hide, a trust to betray, and a story to
tell.
