num_pages: 336
description: Listening Length: 8 hours and 33 minutes New York City 1922. Nicols Caraveo a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota has no interest in the citys glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional which could set up his futureand his life as a manand benefit his family.Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin Daisy Fabrega who lives in fashionable East Egg near her wealthy fianc Tomand Nick is shocked to find that his cousin now goes by Daisy Fay has erased all signs of her Latina heritage and now passes seamlessly as white.Nicks neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious young man named Jay Gatsby whose castle-like mansion is the stage for parties so extravagant that they both dazzle and terrify Nick. At one of these parties Nick learns that the spectacle is all for the benefit of impressing a girl from Jays pastDaisy. And he learns something else: Jay is also transgender.As Nick is pulled deeper into the glittery culture of decadence he spends more time with Jay aiming to help his new friend reconnect with his lost love. But Nick's feelings grow more complicated when he finds himself falling hard for Jay's openness idealism and unfounded faith in the American Dream.
language: English
title: Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
publisher: Feiwel & Friends