English Language Book Review (Amsterdam) This reviewer can think of no recent novel that has done it better… A very considerable achievement. The real triumph of the novel is its portraits of adolescent love.
… This book should be read by kids and adults alike … A gay teen coming out classic.Ī triumphant portrait of adolescent love. Even minor characters are treated with Dickensian relish.Ī novel about individualism, the right to be whatever you want to be. One of the best of its generation, this novel is beautifully written, exciting (and sexy), and full of incident and charm. His characters give off warmth and forthrightness in equal portions. … The author charts the victory of substance over appearance, of eternal truths over transient physical relationships. You should rush to purchase this book-a remarkable novel that deserves wide readership.
The author has given his novel characters with tenderness, wit, and humanity. Poetically evokes the pathos of early friendships and the frailty of adolescent dreams. Real warmth.Ī sense of life, the search for identity, intellectual militancy, the ambiguity of human relationships, unsatisfied desire, and weakness in facing existence are just some of the facets of life that the author evokes with precision. Ackerley’s honesty, intimacy, and ease of style. It is tender, funny, and true.Ĭommands much of J.R. The novel aches with adolescent first loves. Visit us at /watersgreenhouseĪ haunting vision of young friendship shattered by an outrageously cruel world. Recorded and produced by Jeff Gorcyca and Keith Hale in NYC. Purchase only authorized editions.Īudiobook of newly revised edition published as Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada © 2018 by Keith Hale. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or any other means without permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior written permission of both the copyright holder and the publisher. International copyright secured.īISAC: Fiction / Literary / Gay / Coming of Age Newly revised edition published as Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 2018 then republished as Cody 2022 by Watersgreen House.Īll rights reserved. Published as Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 2007 by Booksurge, Charleston. Mass-market edition published as Cody 1994 by Alyson, Boston. Revised North American edition published as Cody 1987 by Alyson, Boston. Published as Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 1983 by Spartacus, Amsterdam.
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