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Water Boy de Gary Reiswig

Water Boy

Autor Gary Reiswig
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Two friends, a football star and the water boy, live in an Oklahoma town obsessed with both football and fundamentalist religion. The town's young people may be deified or destroyed by either of these passions. Sonny and Danny meet at the funeral of a boy their age, then grow to adulthood dealing with the expectations of a town hoping to win a state football championship, while, at the same time, expecting Jesus to return "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." Which is more important? The championship trophy, or "treasure in heaven?" Local characters inhabit Cimmaron; Cannonball Conner, the assistant football coach who's a dwarf; Emma, Sonny's Mother, who lives for the rapture; Arved, Danny's father, a brilliant farmer who's blind and hated for his success; Brice Miller, a former football hero who hangs around town trying to live off past glory; Dovie Lasher, a girl so talented on the basketball court and so beautiful to look at, she's above all morality. The interaction between the values of football and Christianity lead to a surprising, life-changing conclusion for Sonny and Danny.
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ISBN-13: 9781477483442
ISBN-10: 1477483446
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: CREATESPACE

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Reminiscent of The Last Picture Show and Paris Trout, Water Boy is a powerful and dramatic first novel about a town obsessed with fundamentalist religion and high school football, and of the town's young people, who are nearly destroyed by these overpowering passions. Water Boy is the story of William "Sonny" Schultz, a young man growing up in the 1950s in Cimarron, Oklahoma, who feels destined from birth - chosen by God - to spread the gospel. Prodded by his mother, a religious zealot, Sonny is already performing baptisms at the age of fifteen. But as he grows older, Sonny becomes disillusioned with religion and his mother's fanaticism. He gets a calling of another kind - as water boy for the town's other passion, its high school football team, the Cimarron Dustdevils - just as his best friend, Danny, starts to show promise as the team's quarterback. As their lives become consumed by the narrowness and corruption of the town's obsessions, Danny and Sonny compete for the affections of Dovie Lasher, the steady girlfriend of Brice "Killer" Miller, their long-time nemesis. The town knows this rivalry will eventually explode. They hope Danny can bring them a state football championship before it does. Few novels have explored the kind of faith that claims God speaks personally to believers, nor have many novels shown so clearly what the effects of that faith can be. Water Boy is a gripping portrait of a confined, all-consuming culture, written with a deftness and grace rare for a first novel.

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This powerful first novel, reminiscent of The Last Picture Show and Paris Trout, tells of the residents of the small town of Cimarron, whose obsessions with fundamentalist religion and high school football very nearly cause their downfall.