Smell of Starving Boys

Hardback

Main Details

Title Smell of Starving Boys
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Loo Hui Phang
By (artist) Ellen Lupton
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 320,Width 245
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Westerns
ISBN/Barcode 9781910593400
ClassificationsDewey:741.59494
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher SelfMadeHero
Imprint SelfMadeHero
Publication Date 16 November 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Texas, 1872. With the Civil War over, exploration has resumed in the territories to the west of the Mississippi, and the geologist Stingley is looking to capitalize. Together with photographer Oscar Forrest, who catalogues the terrain, and their young assistant, Milton, Stingley strikes out into territory that might one day support a new civilization. But this is no virgin land. As the frontiersmen move west, it becomes clear that the expedition won't go unchallenged. Stingley has led them into a hostile region: the native Comanches' last bastion of resistance. In a spectacular landscape, under the looming threat of attack, the boundaries between two worlds dissolve. As social conventions disappear and personal inhibitions go into retreat, an intimate relationship develops between Oscar and Milton. The Smell of Starving Boys is an intense Western about the clash of two worlds: one old, one new; one defined by rationality and technology, the other by shamanism and nature.

Author Biography

Loo Hui Phang writes for film, theater, and comics. She is the author of numerous books. Frederik Peeters is the author of Blue Pills, Aama, and Sandcastle, among other books.

Reviews

"Starving Boys is a work of art you'll find yourself returning to numerous times." -- The Advocate online