Children of the Sun by Max Schaefer (2010)
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Overview: 1970: 14-year-old Tony becomes seduced by the neo-nazi movement and is sucked into a world of brutal racist violence and bizarre ritual. It’s a milieu in which he must hide his homosexuality, in which every encounter is potentially explosive.
2003: James, an aspiring screenwriter, begins to research the far right in Britain, and its secret gay membership.
The two narrative threads of this extraordinarily assured and ambitious first novel follow Tony through the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as the neo-nazi movement splinters and weakens, and James through a year in which he becomes dangerously immersed in his research. He joins far-right websites. He receives threatening phone calls. And then the lives of these two very different men intersect unforgettably . . .
Genre: Fiction – General Fiction MM
CHILDREN OF THE SUN is an extraordinary debut — it is bold and panoramic, but also a work of great imaginative sympathy and range; a novel of unblinking honesty but also of deep feeling. Written with elegance and a sly wit, it illuminates the surprisingly thin line that separates aggression from tenderness, and gives us a picture of a Britain that is strange yet utterly convincing.
British author Schaefer’s debut novel weaves together the narratives of two young gay men who are affected quite differently by Britain’s neo-Nazi movement. In 1970, at the age of 14, Tony is initiated into the movement by his lover, who is already a member. In 2003, James, a young writer, finds himself bizarrely fascinated with Nicky Crane, one of the original leaders of the Britsh neo-Nazi movement who came out in 1992 and died of AIDS just one year later. James’ research plunges him into Tony’s world—one of violence, racism, and secret homosexuality. Tony continually battles with hiding his sexuality as the neo-Nazi movement changes through time. During his research, James struggles with his boyfriend, Adam, who dresses as a neo-Nazi for sexual attention and continually pushes the limits of their open relationship. Children of the Sun paints a profound and eye-opening portrait of how many gay men have struggled with their attraction to and oppression by the neo-Nazi movement. Illustrating a volatile and often overlooked time in British history, this is a compelling, important read.
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