thirteen, fourteen, fifteen o'clock
David Gerrold
- The
- legendary
- science
- fiction
- writer’s
- controversial,
- groundbreaking
- novel—one
- gay
- man’s
- raw
- and
- wild
- ride
- through
- the
- 1960s
- and
- ’70s.From
- an
- adolescent
- being
- bullied
- to
- the
- muddy
- wetlands
- of
- Vietnam
- to
- an
- Arizona
- desert
- commune,
- a
- man
- known
- only
- as
- Chase
- traces
- his
- quest
- for
- identity,
- meaning,
- and
- love
- in
- prose
- both
- beautiful
- and
- brutal.
- Thirteen
- fourteen
- fifteen
- o’clockis
- a
- coming-of-age
- and
- then
- coming-to-terms
- novel
- of
- a
- life
- lived
- looking
- for
- answers
- from
- gurus
- and
- whores,
- dopers
- and
- soldiers,
- men
- and
- women.Returning
- from
- Vietnam
- missing
- a
- leg
- and
- saddled
- with
- fear,
- rage,
- and
- grief,
- Chase
- takes
- to
- his
- Harley
- never
- able
- to
- outrun
- the
- trauma
- that
- resurfaces
- every
- time
- he
- is
- threatened
- because
- of
- his
- sexuality.
- Yet,
- though
- scarred
- and
- battered—inside
- and
- out—he
- constantly
- seeks
- those
- fleeting
- moments
- of
- connection
- with
- another
- soul,
- an
- awareness
- of
- a
- universe
- where
- he
- is
- not
- alone
- in
- his
- hurt
- and
- hunger.A
- searingly
- powerful
- story
- of
- survival,
- thirteen
- fourteen
- fifteen
- o’clock
- is
- what
- happens
- when
- life
- stares
- you
- down,
- daring
- you
- to
- blink
- first,
- and
- you
- meet
- its
- gaze—with
- eyes
- wide
- open.Praise
- for
- The
- Man
- Who
- Folded
- Himself“Most
- impressive.”
- —The
- Times
- Literary
- Supplement“Wildly
- imaginative
- and
- mindbending.”
- —Publishers Weekly
