Rent Boy

This book is intense, short, and perfect. The narration here has a brilliant, effortlessly flowing, and smooth quality. It has made me very excited about delving into two or three additional works by Gary Indiana. Especially the first half of this book is so Holden Caulfieldy in that it's very bitchy, raw and deeply felt. The voice here has found the perfect balance in being rough around the edges with an emotional sensibility deep within and that just is so incredibly hard to nail. It was nailed in this book and as a result, no single word in this book feels like it can be dropped from the page.