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mihangel
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Location: UK
Registered: July 2002
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There's an article in today's Guardian, "Children's book features gay boy", about a new mainstream novel aimed at teenagers (Paul Magrs, "Strange Boy") which includes a 10-year-old boy's gay experiences though not in graphic detail or as a dominant theme. I've not seen it, but thought you might be interested.
Guardian article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4428562,00.html
Review, not very favourable, by Philip Pullman:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4425177,00.html
Review by 15-year-old giving it 5 stars:
http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/guestreviewpage.asp?Fulltitle=Strange+Boy
Hope the links work this time!
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Thanks for the news about that book...altho it's quite depressing that the 15 year old reviewer needs a glossary to wend his way thru the 70's. Sheesh, does that make me a Geezer or what?
And yup, I do remember the significance of 1970...It was the year that I graduated from High School, which happened when Man was 3 months old. The down-side of an intergenerational relationship.
Ah well, loving and being loved is still the best revenge agianst the aging process.
Speaking of books and such, I just saw a movie called "Bruno" made a few years ago, I guess. About a boy about 9 or 10 years old who wins a National Catholic Spelling Bee while cross dressing. The cast is completed by a gigantic mother with fabulous clothes, and was written (I think) and directed as well as co-starring Shirley Maclaine.
I really liked it a lot.
Anybody else seen that one? Not sure how I missed it before...
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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