Title: Lawnboy Author: Paul Lisicky Published by: Turtle Point Press, 1999 ISBN: 1-885983-40-9 [trade paperback, 374 pages]
The adventure of seventeen-year-old Evan's life begins with mowing a neighbor's lawn, an ordinary chore that launches him into a world of desire, confusion, and betrayal. Rejected by his parents, struggling to make contact with his lost brother, he learns the nature of exile. Lawnboy is about the possibility of finding connection in a world of broken relationships and decaying motels, failed housing developments sinking back into the swamps -- the urban, artificial landscape of South Florida, as lush and troubling as Evan's imagination.
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