Every Boy Should Have a Man
  • Published:
    May-2013 (Hardcover)
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    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Science Fiction
  • Pages:
    192
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A riveting, poignant satire of societal ills with an added dose of fantasy, Every Boy Should Have a Man takes place in a post-human world where creatures called oafs keep humanlike "mans" as beloved pets. One day, a poor boy oaf brings home a man whom he hides under his bed in the hopes his parents won't find out.

With echoes of Margaret Atwood and Jack and the Beanstalk, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Octavia Butler's Kindred, this is a picaresque journey into uncharted territory in earth, sky, and firmament.

Oafs and mans each gain insight and understanding into one another's worlds, and the worlds that touch theirs -- ultimately showing that oafs and mans alike share a common "humanity." Filled with surprising twists and turns, the novel is in part a morality tale that takes on many of today's issues, including poverty, the environment, sexism, racism, war, and religion, all in lighthearted King James prose.
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    • May-2013
    • Akashic Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 161775157X
    • ISBN13: 9781617751578
    • First Edition
    • May-2013
    • Akashic Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1617751626
    • ISBN13: 9781617751622
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    • Apr-2013
    • Akashic Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1617751723
    • ISBN13: 9781617751721
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    • May-2013
    • Akashic Books
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Aug-2016
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1531806813
    • ISBN13: 9781531806811



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