{"product_id":"in-tongues-9780374608187","title":"In Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eGlamour \u003c\/i\u003eand one of \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e's Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e RuPaul and Eric Cervini's Allstora Book Club Pick for June.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel that should become the touchstone of a whole generation.\" --Edmund White\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 2001, and twenty-four-year-old Gordon--handsome, sensitive, and eager for direction--takes a bus from Minnesota to New York City because it's the only place for a young gay man to go. As he begins to settle into the city's punishing rhythm, he gets a job walking rich Manhattanites' dogs. But it isn't until he stumbles into the West Village brownstone of two of his clients, the powerful gallery owners Philip and Nicola, that Gordon learns how much the world has hidden from him--and what he's capable of doing in order to get it for himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lush, heart-quickening novel about family and art, sex and class, and the terror of self-discovery, Thomas Grattan's \u003ci\u003eIn Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Gordon's perilous pursuit of belonging from the Midwest to New York and, later, to Europe and Mexico City. As he floats further into Philip and Nicola's exclusive universe, and as lines blur between employee, muse, lover, and mentor, Gordon's charm, manipulations, and growing ambition begin to escape his own control, in turn threatening to unravel the lives, and lies, of those around him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnchored by winsome lyricism, glinting intellect, and a main character whose yearnings and mistakes come to feel like our own, \u003ci\u003eIn Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e crackles with fierce longing and pointed emotion, further confirming Thomas Grattan as a rare chronicler of young adulthood's joys and devastations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Grattan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MCD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.40w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374608187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Grattan \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Recent East\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, was long-listed for the 2021 PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, and was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. His writing has appeared in several publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He has an MFA in fiction writing from Brooklyn College and has taught middle-school English for more than a decade. He lives in upstate New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MCD","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43778267021427,"sku":"9.78037E+12","price":31.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7f27d76b-35d5-46b8-a732-31514b76f2d1.jpg?v=1757507398","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/in-tongues-9780374608187","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}