Space

by Keith Hale

When a young boy at a bowling alley has his cheeseburger delivered by a handsome future air force cadet, an infatuation develops so strong that three years later, when he learns the older boy's home town, he sets off on his bike to find him. The relationship that develops between the two boys is one of the most heart-warming and seductive in coming of age literature. Keith Hale, the author of Cody known for his honest portrayals of young adult lives and sexuality, has written a beautiful story with characters readers will want to befriend.

Kindle Edition

Published June 30, 2020

About the author

Keith Hale grew up in central Arkansas and Waco, Texas. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Following a five-year career as a journalist in Austin, Amsterdam, and Little Rock, Hale earned a Ph.D. in literature from Purdue and took a position teaching British and Philippine literature at the University of Guam. Hale writes both fiction and scholarly works including his groundbreaking novel Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada (Cody), first published in the Netherlands, and Friends and Apostles, his edition of Rupert Brooke's letters published by Yale University Press, London.

Keith's books are available from Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple, Smashwords, Scribd, Odilo, Gardners, and OverDrive. Readers may follow new releases on the Watersgreen House website or Twitter account (watersgreenhaus).

Reviews

[TonyR · Rating 4 out of 5]

A moving story of first love delayed. It almost felt like we were over most of the tribulations and yet the cycle repeats. 5 years ago the narrative was a bit unrealistic but today quite imaginable again.

[Ricky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recently I've been reading all these books by Luke Hartwell/Keith Hale since reading and really liking Atom Heart John Beloved by "Luke Hartwell." I was already about 95% sure that Luke Hartwell was a pseudonym of Keith Hale, but this book makes it very clear, because it's almost an exact reprint of Nathan's Story by Luke Hartwell except that while Nathan's Story is a companion book to Atom Heart John Beloved, this book removes most of the content that has to do with John or at all with Nathan's life in Weston, Arkansas. It's basically all the parts with Nathan and Harper, almost verbatim from Nathan's Story. To be honest, I was kind of disappointed since I had hoped that this book would be from the perspective of Harper. Removed from the context of the story of Nathan and John, the story is engaging enough, but I found that I preferred Nathan's Story, partially because one of the truly special things about the John and Nathan books is how the author illustrates that we never really know each other as well as we think we do. Also, there's this engaging theme in the works of this author about men who see themselves as bad or corrupt in some way being drawn another man whom they regard as good, except both men see themselves as bad and their partner as good, and this theme is stronger in the Luke Hartwell novels I have read.

[Blanca · Rating 3 out of 5]

La historia es muy tierna y conmovedora, aunque la traducción al español es deplorable.