Memoirs of a Thin Man — Lee Williams

Leon Noel, aka Noel Leon, the wistful protagonist of Memoirs of a Thin Man, envisions a world without fixed identities. Not black not white, not queer not straight. Our scholar would replace such static notions with concomitance and fluidity and loops. He meets a dashing African-American couple abroad and sees a chance for bi-topia. But can the quixotic hero survive his own runaway fantasies? The answer lies in this candid retelling! Independent RANDOM.ORG has held a lottery to choose the novel's first page. Or, let whimsy decide your starting point. The reading is seamless either way…