Cody — Keith Hale

By turns funny, romantic, erotic, and sad, this evocative novel brilliantly recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. Set in Arkansas but first published in Amsterdam under the title Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada, Cody quickly won praise from reviewers and readers across Europe and North America. The book is so beautiful, brave, and ahead of its time that it even caught the attention of William S. Burroughs. Cody remains remarkably current and continues to be unique in coming of age literature.