Dream Boy
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Dream Boy is a 1995 novel by Jim Grimsley
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Drunk one evening, Nathan's father tries to molest him. This is clearly not the first time it has happened and helps explain Nathan's desire to escape from his family. His mother avoids the issue, although she knows what is going on.
Nathan is accepted into Roy's social circle and is invited to go on a camping trip with Roy and his friends Randy and Burke. During the trip, they discover an abandoned and possibly haunted plantation house and Nathan and Roy are discovered in a compromising situation. Burke later on rapes and hits Nathan with a chair handle. Readers are left to decide whether Nathan is killed or not, as he is seen returning to town and finding Roy.
and written and directed by James Bolton. Starring Stephan Bender
as Nathan, Maximillian Roeg as Roy and also featuring musician Rickie Lee Jones
as Roy's mother. The film was first screened on February 12, 2008 at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Richard Buckner
has recorded the film's soundtrack.
Jim Grimsley
-Biography:Born to a troubled rural family in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Grimsley said of his childhood that "for us in the South, the family is a field where craziness grows like weeds"....
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Plot summary
Nathan is an intelligent but shy, adolescent boy, who wants to escape from his abusive and violent father and fantasizes about a relationship with Roy, the boy who lives next door. Roy is a senior at the same high school as Nathan, and he drives the school bus. Gradually their relationship deepens and becomes sexual.Drunk one evening, Nathan's father tries to molest him. This is clearly not the first time it has happened and helps explain Nathan's desire to escape from his family. His mother avoids the issue, although she knows what is going on.
Nathan is accepted into Roy's social circle and is invited to go on a camping trip with Roy and his friends Randy and Burke. During the trip, they discover an abandoned and possibly haunted plantation house and Nathan and Roy are discovered in a compromising situation. Burke later on rapes and hits Nathan with a chair handle. Readers are left to decide whether Nathan is killed or not, as he is seen returning to town and finding Roy.
Film adaptation
Dream Boy has been adapted for filmDream Boy (film)
Dream Boy is a 2008 gay-themed romantic drama film written and directed by James Bolton and based on Jim Grimsley's 1995 novel of the same name about two gay teenagers who fall in love in the rural South during the 1970s.-Plot:...
and written and directed by James Bolton. Starring Stephan Bender
Stephan Bender
Stephan Bender is an American actor who is currently best known for his portrayal of a young Clark Kent in Superman Returns. His most recent film is Dream Boy written and directed by James Bolton. It recently won the OUTFEST award for best screen writing and was adapted from the novel of the same...
as Nathan, Maximillian Roeg as Roy and also featuring musician Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...
as Roy's mother. The film was first screened on February 12, 2008 at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Richard Buckner
Richard Buckner
Richard Buckner is an American singer-songwriter born in California. After living in Edmonton, Alberta for a number of years, he currently resides in Brooklyn, NY...
has recorded the film's soundtrack.
See also
- Gay male teen fiction
- List of books portraying sexual relations between minors and adults