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Band Fags! 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Kensington Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-06-01 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 352 Ean: 9780758222657 Book Isbn: 0758222653  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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"Ever since I first heard that Lionel Richie and Diana Ross song, `Endless Love,' all I've wanted is to find The One. Someone to love. Who will love me back." September, 1982. John Cougar's "Jack and Diane" is on endless radio rotation, and Dallas and Dynasty rule the ratings. Jack Paterno is a straight-A student living in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park, with his own Atari 5200, a Beta VCR, and everything a seventh-grader could ask for. The only thing he has in common with foul-mouthed Brad Dayton, who lives on the gritty south side near 8 Mile, is that both are in Varsity Band. Or maybe that's not the only thing. Because Jack is discovering that while hanging around with girls in elementary school was perfectly acceptable, having lots of girl friends (as opposed to girlfriends) now is getting him and Brad labeled as Band Fags. And Jack is no fag. Is he? As Jack and Brad make their way through junior high and then through Hazel Park High School, their friendship grows deeper and more complicated. From stealing furtive glances at Playgirl to discussing which celebrities might be like that, from navigating school cliques to dealing with crushes on girls and guys alike, Jack is trying to figure out who and what he is. He wants to find real, endless love, but he also wants to be popular and "normal." But, as Brad points out, this is real life--not a John Hughes movie. And sooner or later, Jack will have to choose. Filled with biting wit and pitch-perfect observations, Band Fags is an exhilarating novel about lust and love, about the friendships that define and sometimes confine us, and about coming of age and coming to terms with the end of innocence and the beginning of something terrifying, thrilling, and completely unpredictable. |
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 Written on June 3, 2008 Summary: Great read, great fun For anyone who remembers the horrors and humor of high school band--especially in the mid to late '80s--this book will seem like a turbo-charged trip down memory lane. With his main character, Jack, Frank's created a perfectly believeable, perfectly loveable hero that has the reader rooting for him from the first page. Best of all this book is filled with a host of other great characters--including Brad and Joey--both of whom you wish you knew. While Jack's indecision about whether or not he's "that way" can be frustrating for those of us who are old enough to know now, it definitely makes the book a real page turner. Written on May 30, 2008 Summary: Band Fags of the world unite! Hilarious and angst-ridden, "Band Fags" is a wonderful trip down memory lane for those of us who came of age in the eighties, sort of a gay version of that fantastic television show Freaks and Geeks - The Complete Series. Especially if you came out and enjoyed / endured high school band - and the stigma that goes along with it, you'll love this. Am I, or am I not? All the intense soul-searching - Frank captures it in a funny way, with wit and charm. He's also a superb writer and I whipped through the pages in mere hours, wanting "Jack" to hurry up and make the right choice! Whether you were a teen in the eighties, the sixties or the two thousands, you'll relate to these emotions, as they're universal. Read and be entertained. Rich Merritt, author of Code of Conduct and Secrets Of A Gay Marine Porn Star Written on May 27, 2008 Summary: Camp Up the Band Polito, Frank Anthony. "Band Fags", Kensington Books, 2008. Camp Up the Band Amos Lassen Frank Anthony Polito has written the novel "Band Fags" based on his 2001 stage play, "John R." and it is the story of Jack Paterno, a straight-"A" student and Brad Dayne, his best friend since the second grade. It is a very funny novel that deals with lust and love and how we are defined and confined by our friendships as well as exploring coming-of-age issues and dealing with the end of innocence and the beginning of a new way of life. In fact, the book is more than a novel--it is a look back to the 80's and an age of innocence. Reading the novel will cause you to reflect back on the best friend you had when you were young and a time that is hard to erase from memory. We have all made the journey and for some of us it was an easy road while for others, like Jack and Brad, it was quite complicated with lots of twists and turns on the highway of life. They found themselves in a quandary of self-discovery in a world that was filled with snags and detours. The novel is set in Hazel Park, a suburb of Detroit during the mid-1980's. Brad and Jack seemed to have nothing in common other than playing in the Varsity band but as they go through junior high and high school together, they discover that there is something else aside from band that keeps them together What a great book for summer this is. It is a look at friendship between two boys who want to find themselves without losing each other. "Band Fags" is sexy and funny and filled with charm and sensitivity. The dialog is perfect, the characters are loveable and the story cannot be beat for a light read that will make you forget the heat of summer and remind you of the warmth of first love. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2008-06-01 | 2008-05-01 | 2008-06-03 | 2008-06-03 | 2008-05-13 | 2008-09-01 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 352 | 304 | 336 | 272 | 288 | 320 |
| Ean | 9780758222657 | 9780758219282 | 9780316143479 | 9781416955559 | 9780061336966 | 9780758227089 |
| Book Isbn | 0758222653 | 0758219288 | 0316143472 | 1416955550 | 0061336963 | 0758227086 |
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