Fraternity : stories / Benjamin Nugent.

Author/creator Nugent, Benjamin author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Copyright Date©2020
Description145 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Greek letter societies--Fiction.
College students--Fiction.
Massachusetts--Fiction.

Contents God -- Basics -- Fan fiction -- Ollie the Owl -- The treasurer -- Cassiopeia -- Hell -- Safe spaces.
Abstract In a Massachusetts college town stands a dilapidated colonial: Delta Zeta Chi. Here, we meet Newton, the beloved chapter president; Oprah, the sensitive reader; Petey, the treasurer, loyal to a fault; Claire, the couch-surfing dropout who hopes to sell them drugs; and a girl known, for unexpected reasons, as God. Though the living room reeks of sweat and spilled beer, the brothers know that to be inside is everything. Fraternity celebrates the debauched kinship of boys and girls straddling adolescence and adulthood: the drunken antics, solemn confessions, and romantic encounters that mark their first years away from home. Beneath each episode lies the dread of exclusion. The closeted Oprah's hero worship gives way to real longing. A combat veteran offers advice on hazing. An alienated young woman searches for a sanctuary. And the shadow of assault hovers over every sexual encounter.
Genre/formShort stories.
Genre/formShort stories.
Genre/formShort stories.
Other titleGod.
Other titleBasics.
Other titleFan fiction.
Other titleOllie the owl.
Other titleTreasurer.
Other titleCassiopeia.
Other titleHell.
Other titleSafe spaces.
ISBN9780374158606 (hardcover)
ISBN0374158606 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3614 .U8635 F73 2020 ✔ Available Place Hold