![]() ![]() Sean’s not interested in college, and the main events of senior year are his job at the Thrift Bin his growing friendship with Neecie, a classmate and co-worker with her own sex quandary and deciding whether to join the Marines. Mesrobian, who took on hookup culture in her acclaimed debut, Sex and Violence, excels at conveying the awkwardness and wonder of sex, and the erotic life of a teenage boy (in this case featuring Sean’s constant, albeit inconvenient hormonal companion, “The Horn”). Then a pretty senior’s Frisbee hits in him the face, and suddenly he has a girlfriend-his first. But it’s hard to focus on that, when his alcoholic father is gone and he’s living with his mother in a crappy rental. Starred review from AugAs his junior year ends, people keep asking Sean Norwhalt what he’ll do next. ![]()
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