Metes and Bounds
A Novel
Published on 1. April 2014
201 pages
978-1-4804-9798-6 (ISBN)
Description
In
Metes and Bounds, surf, sand, and sex meet in the macho world of construction workers. For narrator Matt, "the greatest comfort of surfing comes in the sureness and instinct." Matt is not just coming of age, he's coming out, and in the sun-bleached world of the North Carolina beaches his burgeoning sexuality can toss as many curves as a wave. Through his longings and self-discovery, Matt knows he cannot let others triumph over being the man he knows to be. As he says, "Being a surfer meant you got out, faced your own fears, and did it." So too does Matt, in this stirring, memorable novel.
Jay Quinn's Lambda-nominated books transcend the traditional gay novel, exploring universal issues of marriage, aging parents, addiction, and attraction, all while presenting unique characters and page-turning drama.
Jay Quinn's Lambda-nominated books transcend the traditional gay novel, exploring universal issues of marriage, aging parents, addiction, and attraction, all while presenting unique characters and page-turning drama.
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Person
Jay Quinn is the author of five novels:
Metes and Bounds (2001),
Back Where He Started (2005),
The Good Neighbor (2006),
The Beloved Son (2007), and
The Boomerang Kid (2008), and is working on the next one.
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Me and Tiger had a difference of opinion.
- We rode in silence the rest of the way to Grandmama's house.
- Tiger nodded, looking back from the break.
- I was hanging out around the house watching Soul Train when the phone rang.
- The dogs barely moved while I took the transit out of its case.
- I stubbed out my cigarette and finished my juice.
- Even with the frain from the storm pelting the windows of my room, I didn't sleep more than thirty minutes or so.
- The pier was almost deserted.
- Shane pitched off his board to avoid a collision with a nother kid who dropped in on him.
- Back at this house, I parked my truck.
- The mechanics of a bad wipeout are as varied as any combination of timing, tide, and experience.
- Tiger left about seven-thirty, when they brought in my breakfast.
- Tiger let me come back to work because I was bored.
- When we got home, Tiger excused himself and went to bed.
- Tonight was a forever since then.
- Me and Tiger had a difference of opinion.
