Pederast Oscar meets Ethan, thirteen. A year later, Ethan is dead. Ethan James: A Boylove Story chronicles their relationship-how it turns from lust to love-as Oscar elbows Ethan's drug-addled parents aside and secures the boy's dying wish. It's like Go Toward the Light meets Lolita. It's like The Night Listener, it's like Mysterious Skin. It's like Running With Scissors-and Oscar plays the scissors.