All American Boy

The author of Where the Boys Are shifts gears from party-boy frivolity to the tragic consequences of buried family secrets in his most complex novel to date. Struggling gay actor Wally Day reunites with his estranged mother, Regina, who's convinced she's losing her mind. For Wally, memories of home consist of his navy captain father's abuse; the kindness of his transsexual friend, Miss Aletha; and a forbidden relationship with an older man, Zandy, that got Zandy jailed on child molestation charges when Wally was 15. Just as Wally looks like he might find closure with his traumatic past, he becomes infatuated with a young runaway - and then Wally's mother tells him she's committed a murder. An audacious change of pace for William Mann. Also check out other books by William J. Mann

Paperback, 360 pages, orig. published 2005, this edition 2006