Batty bwoy
By: Max-Arthur Mantle
Publisher: AM Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780578160160
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Homosexuality; Fiction; Emigration and immigration
Description: "The coming of age story of Mark Palmer, a black, gay Jamaican. The son of an overbearing, absentee, neglectful mother, he is thrust in an environment that requires a thick skin from torments and socio-economic disparities. Suppressing his 'gay tendencies' to [avoid] being bashed or murdered, he migrates to America and breaks free from the closet to a world where he is disenfranchised and arrested. As his life spirals from bad choices, he clings to desperate measures and finds hope." --