They Change the Subject

by Douglas A. Martin

Book Overview

Treacherously comic and poignant, the autobiographical stories in They Change the Subject follow a young man's quest for identity through love and desire. Sustained by a single voice, the stories simultaneously offer a fractured novel and stand, powerfully, on their own. At the center of each tale is the heightened, visceral possibility of unexpected emotional encounters--from an escort's dates in Manhattan hotels to a photo shoot that doubles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299214745
• ISBN13: 9780299214746
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"