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Blue BoyRakesh Satyal

Blue Boy

2009276 pages
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Meet Kiran Sharma: lover of music, dance, and all things sensual; son of immigrants, social outcast, spiritual seeker. A boy who doesn't quite understand his lot—until he realizes he's a god...As an only son, Kiran has obligations—to excel in his studies, to honor the deities, to find a nice Indian girl, and, above all, to make his mother and father proud—standard stuff for a boy of his background. If only Kiran had anything in common with the other Indian kids besides the color of his skin. They reject him at every turn, and his cretinous public schoolmates are no better. Cincinnati in the…

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Editions

8 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2019
    Tantor Audio · 9781541437661
  • Audiobook · English · 2019
    Tantor Audio · 9781665207621
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Kensington · 276 pages · 9780758231369
  • Ebook · English · 2009
    Kensington Publishing Corp. · 9780758245731
  • Other · English · 2017
    Kensington Publishing Corporation · 9781496712097
  • Other · English · 2009
    Kensington Publishing Corporation · 9780758245762
FictionLiteratureEast Indian AmericansBildungsromansFiction, humorousFiction, coming of ageLGBTQ novelsLambda Literary Awards