num_pages: 320
description: A vacant house on an island in northwest Georgia in 1969, a Kevlar vest, a hidden diary, a ruby ring, a snuff film, marijuana, peyote, LSD, a menage a cinq, S$M, an open grave in a cemetery on Halloween, rednecks and a rattlesnack, secret passages, a funeral and a fake suicide, matches from the Club 69, vampires, a security robot, Druid mythology, and the Village in New York on New Year's Eve - these are just some of the mysterious ingredients in this decadent witch's brew of a book by first-time novelist Ken Anderson.Follow young Kevin, the handsome boy next door, as he steps from the provincial world of his youth into the seductive circle of Dieter and "the boys." Original, fun, vivid, thought-provoking -Someone Bought the House on the Island is an earnest, literary work with a structure reminiscent of Stocker'sDracula.
language: English
title: Someone Bought the House on the Island
titlecomplete: Someone Bought the House on the Island
ratings_count: 3
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Gay/Lesbian (Finalist)
publisher: Starbooks