Saving Julian

by Mason Stokes

Saving Julian is a darkly comic journey into the sad, strange world of ex-gay ministry. The novel tells the story of Paul Drucker, a 58-year-old psychology professor and part-time preacher. Author of Saving Our Boys from the Gay Menace, Paul is much in demand on the ex-gay lecture circuit, sharing the heterosexual gospel with those in need. As he tells his audiences, “there’s no such thing as a gay man. There are only men with unmet homoemotional love needs. And this can be fixed.” But when Paul is caught with Julian, a 21-year-old “escort” he found online, he knows his world is about to fall apart.

In a world of Larry Craig and Ted Haggard, Saving Julian offers an irreverent and poignant take on the lies, hypocrisies, and downright cruelty of those who think love is a thing to be cured.

"Saving Julian is a beautifully constructed and paced novel, which explores the misguided world of the ex-gay without ever being condescending. It's a very humane book."
--Edmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story and The Beautiful Room is Empty

312 pages, Paperback

First published December 10, 2014

About the author

Mason Stokes is a professor of English at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he teaches African American literature and queer fiction. In addition to his scholarly writing, Stokes is the author of the adult novel SAVING JULIAN and the personal essay “Namesake,” which was selected by Jonathan Franzen for inclusion in the 2016 edition of BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS.

His young-adult debut, ALL THE TRUTH I CAN STAND, will be available 11/5/24.

Reviews

[Jason Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[cecilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

4 1/2 stars!!