You should rush to purchase this book-a remarkable novel that deserves wide readership. The Advocate Keith Hale has given his novel characters with tenderness, wit, and humanity. RFD Poetically evokes the pathos of early friendships and the frailty of adolescent dreams. Jonathan Williams Clicking Beat is a must.

Ackerley’s honesty, intimacy, and ease of style. Burroughs Don’t overlook Keith Hale’s Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada. Keith Hale’s novel aches with adolescent first loves. A haunting vision of young friendship shattered by an outrageously cruel world. It is a complete rewrite and contains an additional thirty-five pages of material incorporated throughout the book. Even if you have read a previous edition, this new version is a must read. Burroughs was an early fan, Cody remains remarkably current and continues to be unique in coming of age literature. So beautiful, brave, and ahead of its time that William S. Set in Arkansas but first published in Amsterdam under the title Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada, Cody quickly won praise from reviewers and readers across Europe and North America. With eyes wide open, both men re-examine their friendship in a narrative as sparse as the Central Texas setting.By turns funny, romantic, erotic, and sad, this evocative novel brilliantly recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. Chris, or 'Topi, ' as Jimmy calls him, begins to understand that Jimmy is not the only one who has made mistakes. Now Jimmy is free once more and the two meet again. While Chris is at college, Jimmy is sent to prison. Chris has been in love with his best friend Jimmy since childhood. 'Truck' is a Waco tale in which Hale explores the relationship between gay and straight best friends. As usual, the narrative voice is winsome and the characters are inviting in this tale of friendship between a younger male who knows he's gay and the guy getting dumped by his sister. Hale pieces together an Austin short story that is both charming and sexy. 'Nothing Strikes Back' asks the question, 'What do you do when your girlfriend's younger brother is the best-looking person on the planet and has a thing for you?' Parish doesn't know what he's going to do, but he's about to find out. As the friendship develops, hearts and minds are stirred as well, especially when the young Turk attempts to teach his new American friend the traditional Turkish sport of oil wrestling. In 'Breathless, ' a high school senior in small town Arkansas finds a new boy in class on the first day of school-a handsome exchange student from Turkey whose presence in town causes a stir. Yusuf Parish Jimmy: Two stories from the Heart of Texas and one from the Arkansas Delta collects three of Keith Hale's shorter works of fiction into one volume.

Cody by Keith Hale