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Candy Everybody Wants (P.S.)
by: Josh Kilmer-Purcell

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061336966
ISBN: 0061336963
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Sales Rank: 287103
Studio: Harper Perennial

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From the critically acclaimed author of I Am Not Myself These Days comes the very odd adventures of a starry-eyed young man from the Midwest seeking fame and fortune in the flamboyant surreality of New York, Los Angeles . . . and everywhere in between.

Jayson Blocher is tired of worshiping pop culture; he wants to be part of it. So he's off, accompanied by an ever-changing cast of quirky extended family members, on an extremely bumpy journey from rural Wisconsin to a New York escort agency for Broadway chorus boys, to a Hollywood sitcom set. Somewhere out there his destiny awaits—along with the discovery of first love, some unusual coincidences, a kidnapping mystery . . . and the sobering truth that being America's sweetheart can leave a very sour aftertaste.

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- The Kind of Book to Read in Your Underwear
This is the kind of book you read in your underwear, stretched out on your bed in the position a 12-year-old girl uses to write in her diary. However, it doesn't always want to be, which creates much of the conflict.

The story takes place in the beginning of the 80s, just when a gay cancer is spreading through major cities and just when Reagan is taking his office (which is appropriate, since the novel is about a kid so obsessed with television he cannot see his own life around him and things need to be explained to him in television terms, and Reagan is the made-for-TV president), where a young boy, through a devestating series of events -- which are quite funny for the reader -- starts on his way of becoming a STAR!

The plot is episodic and like a gay Victorian novel, every pun intended. Yet, Kilmer-Purcell is a little too cruel and meddlesome on his part, bringing in new plot elements, ... Read More

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- Wonderful, witty, creative, BRILLIANT!
I may be a bit biased about this book because I know the author, Josh Kilmer-Purcell. He was the quiet shy new boy in high school who accompanied the concert choir and other musical groups on the piano. I distinctly remember how talented he was on that out of tune upright piano in the auditorium!

As soon as I found out Josh had written a second book, I knew I had to read it immediately! Having read Josh's first book, I Am Not Myself These Days three times so far, I knew that even though this story was technically "fiction" it would be funny, warm and entertaining (and possibly even a bit dark). I was not disappointed. By page 8, I knew I wasn't going to be able to put it down.

This particular conversation sums it all up for me perfectly, "'Ma, I'm a homosexual!' 'And precocious!' Toni shouted back, smiling at him through the sliding glass door. 'I'm a precocious homosexual!!!' 'Yes you are, Butter ... Read More

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- Fasten your seat belt, and put phasers on STUN-ning!
Reading kind of like a VH1-style "I Love the 80's" special on steroids, "Candy Everyone Wants" is a madcap, extremely "over-the-top" story of a rather eventful year in the life of Jayson Blocher, a joyously flamboyantly gay boy from a small town in Wisconsin. A series of events lead to his leaving home to go to Manhattan and live with his estranged father, who runs an escort agency for men who want to spend time with Broadway chorus boys. Jason meets Devlin, a slightly older boy who starred in a popular sitcom and whom Jason had a longtime crush on, and he gets to sample a bit of fame by appearing in a popular series of television commercials. Subsequent events have both Jayson and Devlin on the lam and living on the streets of Chelsea, while his family and friends make an unexpected visit and Jayson waits to hear if he will be co-starring in a sitcom of its own. Throw in a few homophobic bible-thumpers, a kidnapping, a betrayal ... Read More

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- If you loved the memoir, you won't like the novel
I adored I Am Not Myself These Days. It's like a different writer created this dreadful "novel." To me, it was quite sophomoric and not even remotely witty. Silly, perhaps, without a shred of charm to it. JK-P should have kept this hidden in his sock drawer.

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