Bibliograph

Fraternity, stories, Benjamin Nugent

Type

Label

Fraternity, stories, Benjamin Nugent

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Fraternity

Oclc number

1119761002

Responsibility statement

Benjamin Nugent

Sub title

stories

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

God -- Basics -- Fan fiction -- Ollie the Owl -- The treasurer -- Cassiopeia -- Hell -- Safe spaces

Target audience

adult

Classification