Description
Dennis Cooper's sparely crafted novels have earned him an international reputation-even as his subject matter has made him a controversial figure. God Jr. is a stunningly accomplished new novel that marks a new phase in Cooper's noteworthy career.
God Jr. is the story of Jim, a father who survived the car crash that killed his teenage son Tommy. Tommy was distant, transfixed by video games and pop culture, and a mystery to the man who raised him. Now, disabled by the accident, yearning somehow to absolve his own guilt over the crash, Jim becomes obsessed with a mysterious building Tommy drew repetitively in a notebook before he died. As the fixation grows, Jim starts to take on elements of his son-at the expense of his job and marriage-but is he connecting with who Tommy truly was?
A tender, wrenching look at guilt, grief, and the tenuous bonds of family, God Jr. is unlike anything Dennis Cooper has yet written. It is a triumphant achievement from one of our finest writers.
Author: Dennis Cooper
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Published: 07/21/2005
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.26h x 4.98w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780802170118
ISBN10: 0802170110
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | LGBTQ+ | Gay
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Family Life | General
God Jr. is the story of Jim, a father who survived the car crash that killed his teenage son Tommy. Tommy was distant, transfixed by video games and pop culture, and a mystery to the man who raised him. Now, disabled by the accident, yearning somehow to absolve his own guilt over the crash, Jim becomes obsessed with a mysterious building Tommy drew repetitively in a notebook before he died. As the fixation grows, Jim starts to take on elements of his son-at the expense of his job and marriage-but is he connecting with who Tommy truly was?
A tender, wrenching look at guilt, grief, and the tenuous bonds of family, God Jr. is unlike anything Dennis Cooper has yet written. It is a triumphant achievement from one of our finest writers.
Author: Dennis Cooper
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Published: 07/21/2005
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.26h x 4.98w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780802170118
ISBN10: 0802170110
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | LGBTQ+ | Gay
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Family Life | General