Some Hell: A Novel

ISBN: 1555977987

Author: Nathan, Patrick

Condition: New

A wrenching and layered debut novel about a gay teens coming-of-age in the aftermath of his fathers suicideColins family is dissolving in the aftermath of his fathers suicide. While his mother, Diane, retreats into therapy and cynicism, Colin clings to every shred of normal life. Awash with guilt, he casts about for someone to confide in: first his estranged grandfather, then a predatory science teacher. Shunned by his siblings and rejected by his homophobic best friend, Colin immerses himself in the notebooks his father left behind. Full of strange facts, lists, and historical anecdotes that neither Colin nor Diane can understand, the notebooks infect their worldview until they can no longer tell whats real and whats imagined. A novel of aching intensity, Some Hell shows how unspeakable tragedy shapes a life, and how imagination saves us from ourselves.