Eight Years Out

I wanted to try to write a gay themed book without the benefit of gay bars, drugs, clubs, bath-houses, ghettoes and sex. WOW! In ‘Eight Years Out’ I’ve attempted to do this, whether successfully or not is in the hands of the reader. The book follows two boys living in ‘almost’ small town America for the first eight years of their gay lives and is in the form of a journal written by one of them, Jeff Riley, and tells of the people who pass through or stay in his life. If you’re looking for a ‘gay bars, drugs, clubs, bath-houses, ghettoes and sex’ book, sorry, this book isn’t for you. Thinking about it, it might be if you feel like reading something away from ‘the scene’ for a change.
Chris Perman