WINNER OF THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD/BARBARA GITTINGS LITERATURE AWARD

"HILARIOUS, DEVIOUS, ORIGINAL, AND UNFORGETTABLE."--KAREN RUSSELL

A vivid and assured work of fiction, from a major new voice, following the life of a young man growing up, leaving home, and coming back again, marked by the start beauty of California's Mojave Desert and the various fates of those who leave and those who stay behind.

This series of powerful, intertwining stories illuminates Daley Kushner's world - the family, friends and community that have both formed...