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A review by cassiedunkin
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
5.0
Fucking perfect.
Edit: A fucking perfect book.
Higher academia, hungry ghosts, drag racing, and latent queer desire in Appalachia. A look at the intricate rituals we construct in order to touch each other. Andrew and Eddie shared a bond that went deeper than brotherhood. They had followed each other around since childhood. But Eddie went off to Vanderbilt before Andrew and now Eddie is dead. As Andrew traces his footsteps to Tennessee, just a drive away from their childhood home, ghosts and roommates and professors and friends and so-called friends emerge from the woodwork, all with a claim to Eddie. Claims that he never told Andrew about. Soaked in fumes and blood, every page will grasp at your heart. The landscape comes to life through Mandelo’s powerful writing, and it will dig its claws into you, try to keep you from leaving. I know I didn’t want to.
Edit: A fucking perfect book.
Higher academia, hungry ghosts, drag racing, and latent queer desire in Appalachia. A look at the intricate rituals we construct in order to touch each other. Andrew and Eddie shared a bond that went deeper than brotherhood. They had followed each other around since childhood. But Eddie went off to Vanderbilt before Andrew and now Eddie is dead. As Andrew traces his footsteps to Tennessee, just a drive away from their childhood home, ghosts and roommates and professors and friends and so-called friends emerge from the woodwork, all with a claim to Eddie. Claims that he never told Andrew about. Soaked in fumes and blood, every page will grasp at your heart. The landscape comes to life through Mandelo’s powerful writing, and it will dig its claws into you, try to keep you from leaving. I know I didn’t want to.