Speak no evil : a novel

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Label

Speak no evil : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Uzodinma Iweala

Creator

• Iweala, Uzodinma

Subject

• Gay teenagers -- Fiction
• Nigerian Americans -- Fiction
• Sexual orientation -- Fiction
• Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer--an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders--and the one person who seems not to judge him. When his father accidentally discovers Niru is gay, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding toward a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction