Boys of Life

""A timely, involving tale that explores the outer limits of gay sexuality and the point at which art or artiness slides into exploitation." -- Publishers Weekly" Discover a compelling novel of innocence, betrayal, redemption and revenge in this re-publishing of "Boys of Life." Tony is a young country boy with big dreams who's utterly bored with the tedium of Kentucky life. So it's no wonder he's seduced by the smooth-talking Carlos Reichart, who convinces the young man to run away with him to New York and become his live-in lover and the star of a series of homoerotic films. But when the films start becoming increasingly violent, and Carlos forces him to recruit runaway boys to also appear in the sadomasochistic films, Tony realizes he must escape Carlos' clutches before he winds up dead -- or worse. Paul Russell is an accomplished author of both fiction and non-fiction, including award-winning anthologies, novels, poems, short stories, essays, and book reviews. Other novels include "The Salt Point, The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov" and 2015's critically acclaimed "Immaculate Blue." He is a Professor of English at Vassar College. and lives in upstate New York.