Clay's Way
Encyclopedia
Clay's Way is the debut novel
of American
writer
Blair Mastbaum
. Released in 2004
by Alyson Books, the novel, which won the Lambda Literary Award
for debut fiction, follows 15-year-old gay
skateboarder Sam and the object of his affection, conflicted surfer Clay around Honolulu. Set in contemporary time, the novel has been praised for its realistic teenage vernacular and its honest portrayal of gay teens. John Rechy
(City of Night
) quoted the book as being a "gay Catcher in the Rye," Susanna Moore
(In the Cut
) called the book, "sexy, thrilling, terrifying, shrilling, milling, willing" and Thorn Hillsbery called the book, "Sick."
Debut novel
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of American
United States
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writer
Writer
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Blair Mastbaum
Blair Mastbaum
Blair Mastbaum is an American writer and a former model who lives in Portland, Oregon.- Career :Mastbaum acted in and produced the 2005 Sundance Film Festival official competition film, Ellie Parker, directed by Scott Coffey.- Clay's Way :...
. Released in 2004
2004 in literature
The year 2004 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Last Crossing to be read across the nation....
by Alyson Books, the novel, which won the Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
for debut fiction, follows 15-year-old gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
skateboarder Sam and the object of his affection, conflicted surfer Clay around Honolulu. Set in contemporary time, the novel has been praised for its realistic teenage vernacular and its honest portrayal of gay teens. John Rechy
John Rechy
John Francis Rechy, , is an American author, the child of a half-Scottish and half-Mexican father, Roberto Rechy, and a Mexican-American mother, Guadalupe Flores. In his novels he has written extensively about homosexual culture in Los Angeles and wider America, and is among the pioneers of modern...
(City of Night
City of Night
City of Night is a novel written by John Rechy. It was originally published in 1963 in New York by Grove Press. Earlier excerpts had appeared in Evergreen Review, Big Table, Nugget, and The London Magazine....
) quoted the book as being a "gay Catcher in the Rye," Susanna Moore
Susanna Moore
Susanna Moore in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, is an American writer.Susanna Moore grew up in Hawaii. Her memoir, I Myself Have Seen It: The Myth of Hawai'i gives the reader deep insight into a life in Hawaii other than that presented by tourist brochures.In 1999 she received the Academy Award in...
(In the Cut
In the Cut
In the Cut is a 2003 American erotic thriller and mystery film, written and directed by Jane Campion and starring Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Campion's screenplay is an adaption of the novel of the same name by Susanna Moore...
) called the book, "sexy, thrilling, terrifying, shrilling, milling, willing" and Thorn Hillsbery called the book, "Sick."