25-year-old
Abigail Tarttelin’s much anticipated U.S. debut novel, GOLDEN
BOY
(Atria
Books; turns the conventional coming-of-age novel on its
ear with a
poignant, thought-provoking exploration of the turbulent private life of an
intersex
teen. As its often startling, multi-voiced narrative unfolds, the novel
examines
the complex
relationships and conflicts that shape the everyday reality of Max Walker,
an
attractive, intelligent, athletic, and sensitive young man on the cusp of
adulthood,
whose
ambiguous gender has been safely guarded by his parents—until unforeseen
events
threaten to expose his secret.
GOLDEN
BOY opens with an unspeakable act of
violation that sets in motion
Max’s
heretofore unfathomable dilemma. The fallout of this event is seen through the
eyes of six
narrators: Max himself; his mother, Karen, a successful lawyer unhappy navigating
the
vagaries of an imperfect world; Max’s precocious ten-year-old brother,
Daniel; his father Steve, a
well-known prosecutor running for election to
parliament; Sylvie, the unconventional girl Max loves;
and Archie, the ethnically
Indian doctor who helps Max in his time of greatest need. Each lends a
distinctive perspective to the extraordinary events. Abigail Tarttelin grew up
in North East England.
At sixteen she trained with the National Youth Theatre
of Great Britain and the New York Film
Academy. Alongside her work as a screen
actress, for which she has been profiled as a One To
Watch, she wrote debut
novel, Flick, published
in the UK in 2011.
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